New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 32 - BRANDS, OWNERSHIP, AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS
Part 2 - BRANDING OF LIVESTOCK
Section 21.32.2.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. "Board" means the New Mexico livestock board.
B. "Dairy" means a cattle facility in New Mexico where the primary business is milking cows and the owner has been issued a milk permit number by the New Mexico department of agriculture (NMDA) and includes any confined feeding facilities, which are part of the dairy or the dairy owner's operation under the NMDA permit number.
C. "Dairy cattle" means cattle of one of the dairy breeds developed chiefly for milk production.
D. "Director" means the executive director of the New Mexico livestock board.
E. "Feedlot" means a confined feeding facility in New Mexico where the primary business is that of feeding cattle for slaughter. For the purposes of 21.32.2.10 NMAC below, the owner must have, for the feedlot, a General Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations under the National Pollution Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) of the United States environmental protection agency.
F. "Inspector" means any duly authorized or commissioned officer of the livestock board.
G. "Livestock or animal" means horses, asses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, or goats.
H. "New Mexico livestock" means any livestock raised or pastured or fed within the State of New Mexico.
I. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, or operation.
J. "Confined feeding" shall include a dairy calf or dairy heifer growing facility, in which the owner must have a General Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations under the National Pollution Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) of the United States environmental protection agency.
