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45   silage.

46     b.  A "crop" does not include trees or nuts or
47   fruit grown on trees; sod; shrubs; greenhouse plants;
48   or plants or plant parts produced for precommercial,
49   experimental, or research purposes.
50     9.  "Farmland" means agricultural land that is
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 1   suitable for use in farming as defined in section
 2   9H.1.
 3     10.  "Livestock" means beef cattle, dairy cattle,
 4   sheep, or swine.
 5     11.  "Open feedlot" means an unroofed or partially
 6   roofed animal feeding operation in which no crop,
 7   vegetation, or forage growth or residue cover is
 8   maintained during the period that animals are confined
 9   in the operation.
10     12.  "Passive contractor" means a person who
11   furnishes management services to a contract producer,
12   and who does not own a commodity that is produced by
13   the contract producer at the contract producer's
14   contract operation according to a production contract
15   which is executed pursuant to section 8E.2.
16     13.  "Produce" means to do any of the following:
17     a.  Provide feed or services relating to the care
18   and feeding of livestock.  If the livestock is dairy
19   cattle, "produce" includes milking the dairy cattle
20   and storing raw milk at the contract producer's
21   contract livestock facility.
22     b.  Provide for planting, raising, harvesting, and
23   storing a crop.  "Produce" includes preparing the soil
24   for planting and nurturing the crop by the application
25   of fertilizers or soil conditioners as defined in
26   section 200.3 or pesticides as defined in section
27   206.2.
28     14.  "Production contract" means an oral or written
29   agreement executed pursuant to section 8E.2 that
30   provides for the production of a commodity or the
31   provision of management services relating to the
32   production of a commodity by a contract producer.
33     Sec. 2. NEW SECTION.  8E.2  PRODUCTION CONTRACTS
34   GOVERNED BY THIS CHAPTER.
35     1.  This chapter applies to a production contract
36   that relates to the production of a commodity owned by
37   an active contractor and produced by a contract
38   producer at the contract producer's contract
39   operation, if one of the following applies:
40     a.  The contract is executed by an active
41   contractor and a contract producer for the production
42   of the commodity.
43     b.  The contract is executed by an active

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