An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation or corporations, with or without capital stock, which are engaged in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, ginning, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing, or selling the agricultural products or by-products handled by the association. If such corporations are warehousing corporations, they may issue legal warehouse receipts to the association or to any other person. Such legal
warehouse receipts shall be considered to be adequate collateral to the extent of the current value of the commodity represented thereby. If such warehouse is licensed or licensed and bonded under the laws of this state or the United States, its warehouse receipts shall not be challenged or discriminated against because of ownership or control, whether complete or partial, by the association.