Oregon Statutes 578.010 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 578.010
- Commission: means the Oregon Wheat Commission. See Oregon Statutes 578.010
- 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.
- Director: means the Director of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 578.010
- Grain: means barley, canola, corn, flaxseed, mustard, oats, rye, soybeans, grain sorghum, triticale, wheat and any other cereal grain for which standards are established or followed by the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 578.010
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- 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: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Sale: includes any pledge or mortgage of grain, after harvest, to any person, public or private. See Oregon Statutes 578.010
(1) ‘Commercial channels’ means the sale of grain for use as food, feed or seed, or any industrial or chemurgic use, when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor or cooperative, or to any person, public or private, who resells any grain or product produced from grain.
(2) ‘Commission’ means the Oregon Wheat Commission.
(3) ‘Director’ means the Director of Agriculture.
(4) ‘First purchaser’ means any person, corporation, association or partnership that buys grain from the producer in the first instance, or any lienholder, public or private, who may possess grain from the producer under any lien.
(5) ‘Grain’ means barley, canola, corn, flaxseed, mustard, oats, rye, soybeans, grain sorghum, triticale, wheat and any other cereal grain for which standards are established or followed by the State Department of Agriculture.
(6) ‘Producer’ means:
(a) Any landowner personally engaged in growing grain;
(b) A tenant of the landowner personally engaged in growing grain;
(c) Both the owner and the tenant jointly; and
(d) Any other person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper or other business units, devices or arrangements engaged in growing grain.
(7) ‘Sale’ includes any pledge or mortgage of grain, after harvest, to any person, public or private. [Amended by 1977 c.198 § 25; 2011 c.181 § 6; 2013 c.93 § 6]