Texas Agriculture Code 104.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 104.001
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Acreage contract” means a contract that requires a producer to deliver to a purchaser all of the production of a specified agricultural product grown on land described in the contract, unless clearly and conspicuously stated otherwise in the contract’s language. The term does not include a contract that requires a producer to deliver a specified quantity of an agricultural product.
(2) “Producer” means a person who produces an agricultural product and sells the product under an acreage contract or a quantity contract.
(3) “Purchaser” means a person who purchases an agricultural product under an acreage contract or a quantity contract.
(4) “Quantity contract” means a contract that requires a producer to deliver to a purchaser a specified quantity of an agricultural product, regardless of the amount of the product grown by the producer.