As used in KRS 247.6005 to 247.6035, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(2) "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;
(3) "Corn" means all kinds and varieties of corn, including popcorn, except sweet corn and ornamental corns;
(4) "Bushel" means fifty-six (56) pounds of corn by weight or as otherwise defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA);
(5) "Producer" means every person who produces and markets corn;
(6) "New producer" means a producer who was not engaged in the business of producing corn at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the provisions of KRS 247.6001 to 247.6035;
(7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, or other business entity;
(8) "Marketing year" means from September 1 to August 31 of the following year;
(9) "Purchaser" means any person, public or private corporation, Federal Commodity Credit Corporation, association or partnership buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring the property in or to corn from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of the corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of a mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim; and (10) "Marketed" means any quantities that are sold, bartered, or for which other items of value are exchanged.