As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

“Cotton gin” means a facility where cotton seed and cotton lint are produced from raw cotton.

“Cotton handler” means any person doing business as a cotton gin, cotton merchant, or cotton warehouse.

“Cotton merchant” means any person who buys cotton from a producer for the purpose of resale, or acts as a broker or agent for a producer in arranging the sale of cotton. The term does not include a person that buys cotton for his own use.

“Cotton warehouse” means any enclosure in which producer-owned cotton is stored or held for longer than 48 hours.