- affect interstate and foreign commerce
means, among other things, in such commerce, or to burden or obstruct such commerce or the free and orderly flow thereof;
- Bushel
means in the case of ear corn that amount of ear corn, including not to exceed 15½ per centum of moisture content, which weighs seventy pounds, and in the case of shelled corn, means that amount of shelled corn including not to exceed 15½ per centum of moisture content, which weighs fifty-six pounds.
- cash rent tenant
means a person or legal entity that rents land—
- corn
means field corn.
- covered commodity
has the meaning given that term in section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011).
- Department
means the Department of Agriculture.
- domestic sugar industry
means domestic—
- durum wheat
means durum wheat (class II) other than the varieties known as “Golden Ball” and “Peliss”.
- excepted payment or benefit
means—
- family member
means a person to whom a member in the farming operation is related as lineal ancestor, lineal descendant, sibling, first cousin, niece, nephew, spouse, or otherwise by marriage.
- farming, ranching, or silviculture activities
includes agri-tourism, direct-to-consumer marketing of agricultural products, the sale of agricultural equipment owned by the person or legal entity, and other agriculture-related activities, as determined by the Secretary.
- food products
means flour (excluding flour second clears not used for human consumption as determined by the Secretary), semolina, farina, bulgur, beverage, and any other product composed wholly or partly of wheat which the Secretary may determine to be a food product.
- interstate and foreign commerce
means sale, marketing, trade, and traffic between any State or Territory or the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, and any place outside thereof;
- legal entity
means an entity that is created under Federal or State law and that—
- mainland State
means a State other than an offshore State.
- market
includes—
- Marketing year
means, in the case of the following commodities, the period beginning on the first and ending with the second date specified below: Corn, September 1–August 31;
- new entrant
means an individual, corporation, or other entity that—
- offshore State
means a sugarcane producing State located outside of the continental United States.
- person
means a natural person, and does not include a legal entity.
- qualified pass-through entity
means—
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- seed
means only those varieties of seed that are dedicated to the production of sugarcane from which is produced sugar for human consumption.
- State
means—
- United States
means the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.