Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 247.5063.Definitions

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(2) “Board” means the State Board of Agriculture;

(3) “Small grains” means all kinds and varieties of cereal grains.

(4) “Bushel” means the weight for each type of cereal grain defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA);

(5) “Producer” means every person who produces and markets small grains;

(6) “New producer” means a producer who was not engaged in the business of producing small grains at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the provisions of KRS 247.5061 to 247.5095;

(7) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, or other business entity;

(8) “Marketing year” means from June 1 to May 31 of the following year;

(9) “Purchaser” means any person, public or private corporation, federal Commodity Credit Corporation, association, or partnership buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring the property in or to small grains from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of the small grains is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of a mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim; and

(10) “Marketed” means any quantities that are sold, bartered, or for which other items of value are exchanged.