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, Subdivision
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.
Horticultural 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 raised
for bioenergy and shall not include farm woodland.
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 § 301,
Subdivision 4, of Article 25-AA of the State Agriculture and Markets
Law.
FARM OPERATION
Shall be defined in § 301, Subdivision 11, of Article
25-AA 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.