N.D. Cent. Code § 6-09.13-01
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6-09.13-01. Definitions
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6-09.13-01. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Agriculture partnership in assisting community expansion fund" means a fund
established to buy down the interest rate on loans to on-farm businesses under this
chapter.
2. "Family farm" means agricultural real estate operated and owned or leased by a
farmer, or other organization authorized to own or lease land used for farming or
ranching under chapter 10-06.1.
3. "Farm business" means any business conducted by the farmer or farmer's family,
which is integrated into the farm operation and is intended to supplement farm income
to allow the farmer to continue farming. The term may include nontraditional
agricultural, manufacturing, processing, value-added processing, targeted service
industries, or other activities calculated to produce income, and subsurface field tiling
projects.
4. "Farmer" means a resident of North Dakota whose principal occupation is the
production of an agricultural commodity or livestock on a family farm.
5. "On-farm business" means any farm business located on a family farm. If a farmer can
demonstrate compelling economic reasons for locating a business in a community
adjacent to the family farm and financial assistance under this chapter will not give the
farmer an unfair economic advantage over a similar non-farm business, the business
may qualify as on-farm.
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Agriculture partnership in assisting community expansion fund" means a fund
established to buy down the interest rate on loans to on-farm businesses under this
chapter.
2. "Family farm" means agricultural real estate operated and owned or leased by a
farmer, or other organization authorized to own or lease land used for farming or
ranching under chapter 10-06.1.
3. "Farm business" means any business conducted by the farmer or farmer's family,
which is integrated into the farm operation and is intended to supplement farm income
to allow the farmer to continue farming. The term may include nontraditional
agricultural, manufacturing, processing, value-added processing, targeted service
industries, or other activities calculated to produce income, and subsurface field tiling
projects.
4. "Farmer" means a resident of North Dakota whose principal occupation is the
production of an agricultural commodity or livestock on a family farm.
5. "On-farm business" means any farm business located on a family farm. If a farmer can
demonstrate compelling economic reasons for locating a business in a community
adjacent to the family farm and financial assistance under this chapter will not give the
farmer an unfair economic advantage over a similar non-farm business, the business
may qualify as on-farm.
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