### Question
How does the law define association?


### Answer
Under *7 U.S.C. § 1445*, **association** is defined as:

> a producer-owned cooperative marketing association which has entered into a loan agreement with the Corporation to make price support available to producers of a kind of tobacco

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1445*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 34-SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER II-BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**

