Define: Crop Production

How is Crop Production defined in a legal contract?

• Crop Production means the cultivation and collection of plants, tree crops, or field crops on a commercial basis, including packing and processing activities. This also includes horticultural businesses that grow flowers, fruits, vegetables, ornamental trees, and shrubs for wholesale and incidental retail sales. The term also refers to the presence of agricultural buildings related to such practices and roadside stands for the display or sale of agricultural products grown on site. Exclusions are applicable for the purposes where other garden, nursery, or landscape merchandise is stored and sold on the site also for beekeeping.
  Seen in 4 SEC filings.
• Crop Production means the purchases of necessary items like seeds, plants, fertilizer, pesticides, fungicides, and other tangible personal property, as well as agricultural machinery, tools, and equipment to be directly involved in the creation of food or commodities that are sold for human consumption or further food or commodity production. The term ““directly used”” indicates that the property must be essential to the crop production process.
  Seen in 3 SEC filings.
• Crop Production means a residential use, accessory to a primary commercial or residential use, involving the cultivation of any vegetation for profit or personal use. Plants and crops grown on the residential property may be sold on that property provided that only plants and crops are sold there. Crop production does not include animal husbandry.
  Seen in 1 SEC filing.
• Crop Production means any activity resulting in the harvest or enhanced production of crops, food, animal feed, or industrial feedstock.
  Seen in 1 SEC filing.
• Crop Production means commercial agricultural field and orchard uses including the production of field crops, flowers and seeds, fruits, grains, grapes, melons, ornamental crops, tree nuts, trees and sod, vegetables. This also includes associated crop preparation services and harvesting activities, like mechanical soil preparation, irrigation system construction, spraying, crop processing and retail sales in the field, including sales sheds.
  Seen in 1 SEC filing.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

• Crop Production means cultivating, harvesting, processing, and selling of crops, plants or vegetation on a commercial basis for profit or personal use.

Relevant Contract Types

• Agricultural Lease Contract
• Land Use Agreement
• Farming Partnership Agreement
• Produce Sales Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Establishing a new farm or agricultural business.
• Entering into a contractual relationship for selling agricultural produce.
• Collaborating in a farming partnership.
• Leasing land for farming activities.

Relevant Sectors

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Agritech
• Consumer Goods

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Genie Definition 2

• Crop Production means acquiring essential agricultural supplies and machinery for direct use in creating food, commodities or industrial feedstocks.

Relevant Contract Types

• Agricultural Supply Purchase Agreement
• Farm Equipment Lease Agreement
• Food Production Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Buying agricultural supplies for crop production.
• Leasing farming machinery for crop production activities.
• Contractual relationships involving food and commodity production.

Relevant Sectors

• Agriculture
• Food and Beverage
• Manufacturing
• Distribution and Wholesale

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