All growing crops of whatever kind, including, but not limited to, timber, nursery stock, shrubs, flowers, and ornamental trees, the direct product of the soil of this state or any other state of the union, in the hands of the producer or the producer's immediate vendee, and articles manufactured from the produce of this state, or any other state of the union, in the hands of the manufacturer, is exempt from taxation. All livestock and poultry of whatever kind in the hands of the producer or the producer's immediate vendee is exempt from taxation.¹