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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73446</law_id><section_number>3.2-2300</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-1104</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Commodity Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="23">Soybean Board</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Country buyer&#x201D; means any person who buys soybeans from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Exporter</span>&#x201D; means any person offering soybeans for export sale.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Handler</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">processor</span>, dealer, shipper, <span class="dictionary">exporter</span>, or any other business entity that purchases soybeans from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>. The term shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in soybeans from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the <span class="dictionary">producer</span>, when the actual or constructive <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such soybeans is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or claim. The term shall also mean any <span class="dictionary">producer</span> that transports and sells his soybeans out of state.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Processor</span>&#x201D; means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of soybeans for the purpose of preparing them for sale.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Producer</span>&#x201D; means any person who grew soybeans in the Commonwealth and sold soybeans during the preceding three years.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Seedsman</span>&#x201D; means any person or firm who offers soybean seeds for sale.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 431, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-684.2, 3.1-684.13, 3.1-684.14; 1974, c. 297; 1978, c. 540; 1982, c. 603; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 476; 1990, c. 183; 1992, c. 124; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
