{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-275.300","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 275.300","heading":"Definitions.","body":"When used in sections 275.300 to 275.370 the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Agricultural commodity\" , any agriculture product that has been produced for purpose of sale or exchange except animals whose principal use could be construed as recreational, or as a pet;\n(2) \"Commercial quantity\" , a quantity produced per year or other period of time which quantity is defined and determined by the commodity merchandising council concerned;\n(3) \"Commodity merchandising council\" , a group representative of the commodity, hereafter referred to as the \"council\";\n(4) \"Director\" , the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri or his delegated representative;\n(5) \"Handler\" , any person who engages in the selling, marketing, or distribution of any agricultural commodity on a wholesale basis, which he has purchased for resale or which he is marketing on behalf of a producer, and shall include a producer who distributes any agricultural commodity which he has produced;\n(6) \"Processor\" , any person engaged in the receiving, grading, packing, canning, freezing, drying, or other methods of preparation for market of agricultural commodities produced in Missouri for sale;\n(7) \"Producer\" , any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association engaged within this state in business of producing for market any agricultural commodity in commercial quantities.","path":["Title XVII - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS","Chapter 275 - Commodity Associations"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=275.300","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"5ef66c0063cbb6f5d9b44af7721ab8b4a8b3b21f8263169b75a12a6abe68b90c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-275.200","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-275.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}