Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-32: Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development

Act:

1. "Beef" and "beef products" mean the meat intended for human

consumption from any cattle, including, but not limited to, veal;

2. "Cattle" means all bovine animals, regardless of age;

3. "Council" means the Oklahoma Beef Council established under

the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act to

administer and govern the program;

4. "Market agent" means any person or entity who sells, offers

for sale, markets, distributes, trades, or processes cattle

purchased or acquired from a producer, or marketed on behalf of a

producer, and includes, but is not limited to, cattle feeders and

meatpacking firms and their agents that purchase or consign to

purchase cattle;

5. "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, firms,

corporations, associations, trusts, estates, limited liability

companies and any other legal entities recognized to do business in

Oklahoma; and

6. "Producer" means a person that owned or sold cattle in the

previous calendar year or presently owns cattle.