As used in RCW 7.48.305:
(1) "Agricultural activity" means a condition or activity
which occurs on a farm in connection with the commercial
production of farm products and includes, but is not limited to,
marketed produce at roadside stands or farm markets; noise;
odors; dust; fumes; operation of machinery and irrigation pumps;
movement, including, but not limited to, use of current county
road ditches, streams, rivers, canals, and drains, and use of
water for agricultural activities; ground and aerial application
of seed, fertilizers, conditioners, and plant protection
products; keeping of bees for production of agricultural or
apicultural products; employment and use of labor; roadway
movement of equipment and livestock; protection from damage by
wildlife; prevention of trespass; construction and maintenance of
buildings, fences, roads, bridges, ponds, drains, waterways, and
similar features and maintenance of streambanks and watercourses;
and conversion from one agricultural activity to another,
including a change in the type of plant-related farm product
being produced. The term includes use of new practices and
equipment consistent with technological development within the
agricultural industry.
(2) "Farm" means the land, buildings, freshwater ponds,
freshwater culturing and growing facilities, and machinery used
in the commercial production of farm products.
(3) "Farmland" means land or freshwater ponds devoted
primarily to the production, for commercial purposes, of
livestock, freshwater aquacultural, or other farm products.
(4) "Farm product" means those plants and animals useful to
humans and includes, but is not limited to, forages and sod
crops, dairy and dairy products, poultry and poultry products,
livestock, including breeding, grazing, and recreational equine
use, fruits, vegetables, flowers, seeds, grasses, trees,
freshwater fish and fish products, apiaries and apiary products,
equine and other similar products, or any other product which
incorporates the use of food, feed, fiber, or fur.
(5) "Forest practice" means "forest practice" as defined in
RCW 76.09.020.
[2007 c 331 § 3; 1992 c 52 § 4; 1991 c 317 § 2; 1979 c 122 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings -- Intent -- 2007 c 331: See note following RCW 7.48.305.