When used in sections 275.300 to 275.370 the following terms mean:

(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;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 275.300

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(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;

(3) “Commodity merchandising council”, a group representative of the commodity, hereafter referred to as the “council”;

(4) “Director”, the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri or his delegated representative;

(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;

(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;

(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.