Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-271
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act:
1. "Commercial channels" means the sale of oilseed for any use,
when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative,
or to any person, public or private, who resells any oilseed or
product produced from oilseed;
2. "Commercial quantities" means and includes all
hundredweights (CWT) of oilseed produced for market in any calendar
year by any producer;
3. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission;
4. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry;
5. "First purchaser" means any person buying or acquiring after
harvest the property in or to oilseed from an oilseed producer. A
mortgagee, pledgee, lienholder, or other person having a claim
against the oilseed producer under a nonrecourse loan made against
the oilseed after harvest shall be a purchaser. The term "first
purchaser" shall not include a harvesting or threshing lienee;
6. "President" means the President of the State Board of
Agriculture;
7. "Oilseed" means any seed or crop grown primarily or mainly
for oil; and
8. "Oilseed producer" or "producer" means an individual engaged
in the production of oilseed, who markets oilseed in commercial
quantities in Oklahoma. Each individual determined to be an entity
pursuant to rules promulgated by the United States Department of
Agriculture Farm Service Agency shall be considered an oilseed
producer.
1. "Commercial channels" means the sale of oilseed for any use,
when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative,
or to any person, public or private, who resells any oilseed or
product produced from oilseed;
2. "Commercial quantities" means and includes all
hundredweights (CWT) of oilseed produced for market in any calendar
year by any producer;
3. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission;
4. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry;
5. "First purchaser" means any person buying or acquiring after
harvest the property in or to oilseed from an oilseed producer. A
mortgagee, pledgee, lienholder, or other person having a claim
against the oilseed producer under a nonrecourse loan made against
the oilseed after harvest shall be a purchaser. The term "first
purchaser" shall not include a harvesting or threshing lienee;
6. "President" means the President of the State Board of
Agriculture;
7. "Oilseed" means any seed or crop grown primarily or mainly
for oil; and
8. "Oilseed producer" or "producer" means an individual engaged
in the production of oilseed, who markets oilseed in commercial
quantities in Oklahoma. Each individual determined to be an entity
pursuant to rules promulgated by the United States Department of
Agriculture Farm Service Agency shall be considered an oilseed
producer.
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