(1) “Case of eggs” means a standard thirty (30) dozen egg case;

(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture;

(3) “Commodity” means beef, corn, pork, and eggs, produced on a commercial basis;

(4) “Corn” means all kinds of varieties of corn except popcorn, sweet corn, and ornamental corns;

(5) “Department” means the department of agriculture;

(6) “Egg” means a pullet egg or a hen egg and excludes all other types of eggs;

(7) “Egg handler” or “egg dealer” means any person engaged as a wholesale distributor in the business of distributing or marketing eggs in Tennessee, regardless of where the eggs are produced;

(8) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business;

(9) “Processor” means any person engaged in the business of processing commodity products;

(10) “Producer” means any person who produces a commodity and thereafter causes the commodity to be marketed;

(11) “Purchaser” means any dealer or processor who purchases or receives such commodity from producers on a commercial basis;

(12) “Qualified producer organization” means any agricultural organization, federation, or association that is organized as a “not for profit” organization under the laws of the state of Tennessee, and whose membership is fairly representative of farmers who are active producers of one (1) or more agricultural commodities covered under this chapter;

(13) “Referendum” means any voting procedure under which affected producers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against an assessment authorized by this chapter; and

(14) “Vote” means to cast a ballot on a referendum.