### Question
How is the term processing defined?


### Answer
The term **processing** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 609* as the following:

> the manufacturing or other processing (except drying or converting into insecticides and fertilizers) of tobacco

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 609*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 26-AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT > SUBCHAPTER III-COMMODITY BENEFITS**

