Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 80 > Chapter 7 > Part 5 - Crop Insect Detection and Management

• Alternative control program: means a system of controlling insect pest populations through biological or other means not involving toxic chemicals. See Montana Code 80-7-501
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cropland: means land used for the production of food and forage, including the headlands, ditches, and rights-of-way adjacent to such land. See Montana Code 80-7-501
• Cropland spraying program: means the application of chemical or other substances to croplands for the purpose of preventing or destroying insect pests. See Montana Code 80-7-501
• Infestation: means that a pest exists in such numbers, under certain conditions, and at certain times as to destroy or substantially damage or threaten to destroy livestock or other agricultural crops. See Montana Code 80-7-501
• Insect pest: includes the grasshopper, cutworm, pale western cutworm, armyworm, chinch bug, and any other insect or arthropod generally recognized as a destroyer of grain, hay, range, and horticulture crops. See Montana Code 80-7-501
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201