Ohio Code § 931.01

§ 931.01.

As used in this chapter: (A) “ Agriculture ” has the same meaning as in section 1.61 of the Revised Code . (B) “ Best management practices ” means the engagement of agricultural production and management, including practices

such as manure handling, tillage, forestry management, and similar practices, in a

manner that is generally accepted in the agriculture industry and that is approved

by any of the following: (1) The United States department of agriculture; (2) The natural resources conservation service in the United States department of agriculture; (3) The department of agriculture; (4) A soil and water conservation district established under Chapter 940. of the Revised

Code; (5) With respect to organic or sustainable production methods, a conservation professional

whom the director of agriculture approves as having expertise in those methods. (C) “ Contiguous farmland ” means any of the following: (1) Geographically contiguous property used for agriculture; (2) Noncontiguous property used for agriculture that is owned by one person and connected

by a right-of-way that the person controls and to which the public does not have access; (3) Two or more pieces of property used for agriculture that would be geographically

contiguous but for the fact that the property is separated by a public or private

right-of-way or rights-of-way or by rivers, streams, creeks, or other bodies of water.