For the purposes of this chapter, a corporation or association organized, with or without capital stock, under a cooperative marketing act of another state or of the United States is considered to be a marketing association if the corporation or association:
(1) satisfies the requirements of Section 52.012 of this chapter; and
(2) is composed of persons who, as farmers, planters, ranchers, dairymen, or nut or fruit growers, produce agricultural products and who act collectively to process, prepare, handle, and market, in interstate and foreign commerce, the members' products.