2002 Minnesota Statutes

     514.963 Crop lien definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of this 
 section and section 514.964, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 
 to 12 have the meanings given them. 

    Subd. 2.    Agricultural chemical.  "Agricultural 
 chemical" means fertilizers or agricultural chemicals that are 
 applied to crops or to land used for raising crops, including 
 fertilizer material, plant amendment, and plant food.  The term 
 includes a soil amendment as defined in section 18C.005, and a 
 pesticide and a plant regulator as defined in section 18B.01. 

    Subd. 3.    Agricultural lien.  "Agricultural lien" 
 means an agricultural lien as defined by section 
 336.9-102(a)(5), and includes a landlord's lien, harvester's 
 lien, and crop production input lien under this section. 

    Subd. 4.    Agricultural lienholder.  "Agricultural 
 lienholder" means a person holding an agricultural lien. 

    Subd. 5.    Crop production input.  "Crop production 
 input" means agricultural chemicals, seeds, petroleum products, 
 the custom application of agricultural chemicals and seeds, and 
 labor used in preparing the land for planting, cultivating, 
 growing, producing, harvesting, drying, and storing crops or 
 crop products. 

    Subd. 6.    Farm products.  "Farm products" means farm 
 products as defined in section 336.9-102(a)(34). 

    Subd. 7.    Lender.  "Lender" means a secured party as 
 defined in section 336.9-102(a)(72), holding a perfected 
 security interest in the farm products of the obligor. 

    Subd. 8.    Obligor.  "Obligor" means obligor as defined 
 in section 336.9-102(a)(59). 

    Subd. 9.    Person.  "Person" means an individual or an 
 organization as defined in section 336.1-201(30). 

    Subd. 10.    Petroleum products.  "Petroleum products" 
 means motor fuels and special fuels used in the production of 
 crops and livestock, including petroleum products as defined in 
 section 296A.01, and alcohol fuels, propane, lubes, and oils. 

    Subd. 11.    Seed.  "Seed" means agricultural seeds used 
 to produce crops, including agricultural seeds defined in 
 section 21.72. 

    Subd. 12.    Supplier.  "Supplier" means a person 
 furnishing crop production inputs. 

    HIST: 2001 c 57 s 2