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...order in writing, an agent whose duty shall be prescribed in such order. In the discharge of his duties such agent shall have every power of an inquisitorial nature granted to the director and the same powers as a notary public with regard to the taking of depositions. Except in his report to the director or when called on to testify in any court proceedings, no such agent shall divulge any information acquired by hi...

...ny person designated by the director, shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any company, firm, corporation, persons, association, or copartnership, subject to the sections of the Revised Code administered by the department of agriculture, and to examine under oath any person, including any officer, agent, or employee of any such company, firm, corporation, person, as...

...o comply with such order or subpoena, shall, for each day it so fails or refuses, pay into the state treasury a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

...is hereby designated as the state official to make application to, and as the state agent to receive from, the secretary of agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant to the "Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Ohio ru...

...ates pursuant to section 2(f) of the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), referred to in section 901.30 of the Revised Code, upon such terms and for such periods of time as are mutually agreeable, authorizing the secretary of agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend, and use in the state any part of such trust assets for carrying o...

...er section 901.31 of the Revised Code shall be paid to and received by the director of agriculture, and paid by the director into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio farm loan fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be expended or obligated by the director for rural rehabilitation purposes benefiting the state. All moneys received from investment of the fund shall be credited to the...

...nd advisable, pursue the same to the final collection in any court; (B) Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure, or other sale, or otherwise acquire property upon which the secretary of agriculture of the United States has a lien by reason of judgment or execution, or which is pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, or otherwise secures any loan or other indebtedness owing to or acquired by the secretary under such...

...The United States and the secretary of agriculture thereof are free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the director of agriculture of the state pursuant to sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...For the purpose of all classification and administration of acts of the general assembly, executive orders, administrative orders, and regulations pertaining to mink, the following rules apply: (A) Mink raised in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes are deemed domestic animals. (B) Mink are deemed agricultural products. (C) The breeding, raising, producing, or marketing of mink or their products by the ...

...(B) "Exhibition" means a display of animals that is open to the public. (C) "National exhibition" means an exhibition where species from fifteen or more states or nations are exhibited. (D) "Nonprofit association" means any corporation, society, partnership, or other organization formed under the laws of this state or another state or nation providing for the establishment and governance of nonprofit entities. ...

...ctor of agriculture may provide financial assistance to a statewide, multi-state, or national nonprofit livestock association to defray not more than fifty per cent of the rental costs of the Ohio expositions center for purposes of conducting a livestock species exhibition at the center. In order to obtain financial assistance under this division, a nonprofit livestock association shall apply to the director on a ...

... protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. The director may use the moneys held in the fund to pay the expenses necessary to operate the animal industry laboratory and the consumer protection laboratory, including the purchase of supplies and equipment. (2) All moneys collected by the director under this section that are from fees generated by a laboratory service performed by the weights and m...

...t fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside parties and reimbursement for related utility expenses, laboratory fees that are not designated for deposit into another fund, and other miscellaneous moneys that are not designated for deposit into another fund. The department...

... likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health as determined by scientific studies. "Invasive plant species" does not include cultivated plants grown as food or livestock feed in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, including all plants authorized by the animal and plant health inspection service in the United States department of agriculture. (B) Except as provi...

...o person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land. In addition to the penalty provided in section 901.99 of the Revised Code, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.

... used in this section: (1) "Agricultural product" means any of the following items that is produced for testing or research in the context of a product development program in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility, a university, or any federal, state, or local governmental agency or that is produced for personal, commercial, pharmaceutical, or educational purposes: field crop or field cr...

...illful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct, no owner, lessee, renter, or operator of premises that are open to the public for direct access to growing agricultural produce shall be imputed to do either of the following: (1) Extend any assurance to a person that the premises are safe from naturally occurring hazards merely by the act of giving permission to the person to enter the premises or by re...

...(A) As used in this section, "agricultural structure" means any building or structure that is used in production, growing, harvesting, or housing for the purposes of agriculture. (B) With regard to fire prevention and safety, agriculture and agricultural structures are subject only to the state fire code established in rules adopted under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code and not to any other requirements g...

...epartment of agriculture. The office shall do all of the following: (A) Prepare guidelines and criteria for use in the development of comprehensive local land use plans that encourage the efficient use of public infrastructure and the preservation of farmland; (B) Establish a farmland preservation program to coordinate and assist local farmland preservation initiatives; (C) Educate existing agencies and orga...

... used in this section: (1) "Agricultural asset" means agricultural land, livestock, facilities, buildings, and machinery used for agricultural production in this state. (2) "Agricultural land" means land that is composed of tracts, lots, or parcels totaling not less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production or totaling less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production if the land produces an average ...

...s any of the following: (1) A show or sale of livestock at a fair or elsewhere that is sponsored by or under the control of a county or independent agricultural society organized under section 1711.01 or 1711.02 of the Revised Code; (2) A show or sale of livestock at the Ohio state fair; (3) A livestock show at a fair or elsewhere or a livestock sale at or associated with a fair or livestock show that is asse...

... of education and workforce's agricultural education service, the Ohio state university extension, the national farmers organization, and the Ohio state grange, or their designees. Each of these members shall be chosen by the organization the member represents. (4) The chairperson of the Ohio expositions commission, or the chairperson's designee; (5) Three persons who shall be appointed by the director, each of...

...ovide for related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock, and may adopt by reference rules adopted by other public or private agencies such as the Ohio farm animal care commission. Rules of the director may specify those grooming, commercial, or medical practices that are generally accepted within the community of persons exhibiting livestock and may specify false, deceptive, misleading, unethic...

...e Revised Code; (b) The livestock's health, safety, or welfare may be threatened; (c) The livestock constitutes a threat to or may adversely affect food safety. (2) The director may conduct random inspections and investigations regarding any matter involving livestock present at an exhibition. (3) With the consent of the property owner and the livestock owner, the director or the director's designee may enter...

...pparent intent that the livestock eventually is to be entered in an exhibition is subject to disciplinary action by the department of agriculture for any of the following reasons: (1) The person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 901.76 or 2925.09 of the Revised Code, or has been found by the director of agriculture to have tampered with or sabotaged livestock; (2) The director reas...