“Handler” also means any lienholder, secured party or pledgee that is a public agency, public or private, or assignee of a lienholder, secured party or pledgee that is a public agency, who is authorized to gain title to the wheat from the producer through the exercise of specified legal rights, including, but not limited to, a federal nonrecourse loan.
Source:
Section 72030.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=72030.5..