As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
Those practices necessary for the on-farm production, preparation
and marketing of agricultural commodities. Examples of such practices
include, but are not limited to, operation of farm equipment, proper
use of agricultural chemicals and other crop protection methods, manure
application and construction and use of farm structures and fences.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Those products as defined in § 301(2) of Article
25-AA of the State Agriculture and Markets Law, including, but not
limited to.
A.
Field crops, including corn, wheat, rye, barley, hay, potatoes
and dry beans.
B.
Fruits, including apples, peaches, grapes, cherries and berries.
C.
Vegetables, including tomatoes, snap beans, cabbage, carrots,
beets and onions.
D.
Horticulture specialties, including nursery stock, ornamental
shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers.
E.
Livestock and livestock products, including cattle, sheep, hogs,
goats, horses, poultry, farmed deer, farmed buffalo, fur-bearing animals,
milk, eggs and furs.
F.
Woodland products, including maple sap, logs, lumber, posts
and firewood.
G.
Christmas trees derived from a managed Christmas tree operation,
whether dug for transplanting or cut from the stump.
H.
Aquaculture products, including fish, fish products, water plants
and shellfish.
I.
Woody biomass, which means short-rotation woody crops raise
for bioenergy, and shall not include farm woodland.
J.
Apiary products, including honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee
pollen, propolis, package bees, nucs and queens. For the purposes
of this subsection, "nucs" shall mean small honeybee colonies created
from larger colonies, including the nuc box, which is a smaller version
of a beehive, designed to hold up to five frames from an existing
colony.
FARMER
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership,
limited-liability company, or corporation engaged in the business
of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation
of land, the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock.
FARMLAND
Land used in agricultural production as defined in Subdivision
4 of § 301 of Article 25-AA of the State Agriculture and
Markets Law.
FARM OPERATION
As defined in § 301(11) of the State Agriculture
and Markets Law.
FARM WOODLAND
Includes land used for production and sale of woodland products,
including but not limited to logs, lumber, posts and firewood.