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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 247.6901 to 247.6957, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(2) “Board” means the State Board of Agriculture;
(3) “Producer” means every person who produces and markets ovine or caprine animals;
(4) “New producer” means a producer who was not engaged in the business of producing ovine or caprine animals at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the provisions of KRS 247.6901 to 247.6957;
(5) “Marketing year” means from July 1 to June 30;
(6) “Purchaser” means any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring the property in or to ovine or caprine animals 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 ovine or caprine animals is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of a mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim;
(7) “Marketed” means any quantities that are sold, bartered, or for which other items of value are exchanged;
(8) “Net market price” means the sales price or other value received by a producer for ovine or caprine animals after adjustments have been made for any premium or discount based on grading or quality factors;
(9) “Association” means any commission, council, board, or other body;
(10) “Caprine” means of, or pertaining to, goats; and
(11) “Ovine” means of, or pertaining to, sheep.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 247.6904.Definitions for KRS 247.6901 to 247.6957 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxi-agriculture-and-animals/ky-rev-st-sect-247-6904/
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