- commerce
means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof;
- dealer
means any person, not a market agency, engaged in the business of buying or selling in commerce livestock, either on his own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser.
- geographic area within a State
means a special purpose district or other region recognized for governmental purposes within such State which is not a unit of local government.
- live poultry dealer
means any person engaged in the business of obtaining live poultry by purchase or under a poultry growing arrangement for the purpose of either slaughtering it or selling it for slaughter by another, if poultry is obtained by such person in commerce, or if poultry obtained by such person is sold or shipped in commerce, or if poultry products from poultry obtained by such person are sold or shipped in commerce;
- livestock
means cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats—whether live or dead;
- livestock products
means all products and byproducts (other than meats and meat food products) of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry derived in whole or in part from livestock;
- market
means the sale or disposition of swine, pork, or pork products in commerce.
- market agency
means any person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling in commerce livestock on a commission basis or (2) furnishing stockyard services.
- meat food products
means all products and byproducts of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry—if edible;
- packer
has the meaning given the term in section 191 of this title.
- person
includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations;
- pork
means the meat of a porcine animal.
- pork product
means a product or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
- poultry
means chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domestic fowl;
- poultry grower
means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for live poultry for slaughter by another, whether the poultry is owned by such person or by another, but not an employee of the owner of such poultry;
- poultry growing arrangement
means any growout contract, marketing agreement, or other arrangement under which a poultry grower raises and cares for live poultry for delivery, in accord with another’s instructions, for slaughter;
- poultry product
means any product or byproduct of the business of slaughtering poultry and processing poultry after slaughter;
- processor
means any person engaged in the business of obtaining livestock or poultry for the purpose of slaughtering the livestock or poultry.
- producer
means any person engaged in the raising and caring for livestock or poultry for slaughter.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture;
- State
means each of the 50 States.
- stockyard
means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.
- stockyard owner
means any person engaged in the business of conducting or operating a stockyard.
- stockyard services
means services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying, or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivery, shipment, weighing, or handling in commerce, of livestock.
- swine
means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
- swine contractor
means any person engaged in the business of obtaining swine under a swine production contract for the purpose of slaughtering the swine or selling the swine for slaughter, if—
- swine production contract
means any growout contract or other arrangement under which a swine production contract grower raises and cares for the swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.
- swine production contract grower
means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.
- type of contract
means the classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of swine by—
- unit of local government
means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level;