SDCL § 37-4A-1: Definition of terms.

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Agricultural commodity," any material produced for use as food, feed, seed, or fiber and includes fiber crops, food crops, oilseeds, seeds, livestock, livestock products, poultry, poultry products, and other farm products. The term, agricultural commodity, does not include timber or trees;

(2) "Contractor," any person who, in the ordinary course of business, contracts with a producer to grow or raise agricultural commodities in this state; and

(3) "Producer," any person who produces or causes to be produced an agricultural commodity in a quantity beyond the person's own family use and is able to transfer title to another or who provides management, labor, machinery, facilities, or any other production input for the production of an agricultural commodity.