KRS 272.101: Purpose of law.

In enacting KRS 272.1001, 272.101 to 272.341, it is the intention of the General

Assembly to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly production and

marketing of agricultural products through cooperation, to eliminate speculation and

waste, to make the distribution of agricultural products between producer and consumer

as direct as can be efficiently done, and to stabilize the marketing of agricultural products

and to provide for the organization and incorporation of agricultural cooperativ e

associations.