House Journal: Page 834: Wednesday, March 24, 1999

43     a.  Provide feed or services relating to the care

44   and feeding of livestock.  If the livestock is dairy
45   cattle, "produce" includes milking the dairy cattle.
46     b.  Provide for planting, raising, harvesting, and
47   storing crop.  "Produce" includes preparing the soil
48   for planting and nurturing the crop by the application
49   of fertilizers or soil conditioners as defined in
50   section 200.3 or pesticides as defined in section
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 1   206.2.
 2     13.  "Production contract" means an oral or written
 3   agreement executed by a contract producer and a
 4   contractor who provides that a contract producer is to
 5   receive payment for producing a commodity owned by the
 6   contractor at the contract producer's contract
 7   operation.
 8     Sec. 14. NEW SECTION.  579B.2  ESTABLISHMENT OF
 9   LIEN - PRIORITY.
10     A contract producer who is a party to a production
11   contract shall have a lien as provided in this
12   section.  The amount of the lien shall be the amount
13   owed to the contract producer pursuant to the terms of
14   the production contract, which may be enforced as
15   provided in section 579B.3.
16     1.  a.  If the production contract is for the
17   production of livestock, all of the following shall
18   apply:
19     (1)  The lien shall be upon all of the following:
20     (a)  Slaughter cattle, swine, or sheep and the
21   identifiable cash proceeds from the sale of the swine
22   or sheep.
23     (b)  Dairy cattle and the identifiable cash
24   proceeds from the sale of milk produced by the dairy
25   cattle.
26     (2)  The lien is created at the time the livestock
27   arrive at the contract livestock facility and
28   continues for one year after the livestock is no
29   longer under the authority of the contract producer.
30   For purposes of this section, livestock is no longer
31   under the authority of the contract producer when the
32   livestock leave the contract livestock facility.
33     b.  If the production contract is for the
34   production of a crop, all of the following shall
35   apply:
36     (1)  The lien shall be upon the crop and the
37   identifiable cash proceeds from the sale of the crop.
38     (2)  The lien is created at the time the crop is
39   planted and continues for one year after the crop is
40   no longer under the authority of the contract
41   producer.  For purposes of this section, a crop is no

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