§ 110. Declaration of policy. It is the declared policy of this state
to promote the effective production and merchandising of agricultural
commodities by providing the means by which farmers may act together in
manufacturing, processing, preparing for market, handling and/or
marketing their farm products and by enabling farmers to act together in
purchasing, testing, grading, processing, distributing and/or furnishing
farm supplies and/or farm business services through cooperatives
operated for the mutual benefit of the members thereof as producers and
purchasers.