[Adopted 6-14-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]
As used in this article, 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 Section 301(2) of Article 25AA
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.
J.
Apiary products, including honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee
pollen, propolis, package bees, nucs and queens. For the purposes
of this definition, "nucs" shall mean small honey bee 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.
K.
Actively managed log-grown woodland mushrooms.
L.
Industrial hemp as defined in Article 29, Section 505 of the
State Agriculture and Markets Law.
FARM OPERATION
Shall be defined in Article 25AA, Section 301(11) in 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.
FARMER
Includes, but is not limited to, 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, the raising
of livestock or the production, preparation and marketing of agricultural
products as a commercial enterprise.
FARMLAND
Land used in agricultural production as defined in Section
308 of Article 25AA of the State Agriculture and Markets Law.
Should any controversy arise regarding inconveniences occasioned
by agricultural operations which cannot be settled by direct negotiation
between the parties involved, the controversy should be referred to
the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets for determination about
whether the practice in question is sound pursuant to Section 308
of Article 25AA of the State Agriculture and Markets Law.
Should any section or portion of this article be declared invalid
for any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining
portions of this article which shall remain in full force and effect.