§19-4-3. Purposes.
A cooperative association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members or those purchased from other persons, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping or utilization thereof, or the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment or supplies; or in securing and disseminating market information; or in the financing directly, through agricultural credit associations, and/or otherwise, the above-enumerated activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified herein. An agricultural credit association may be organized hereunder to finance persons engaged in the production of agricultural products and/or to finance any cooperative association, whether formed under the laws of this or any other state.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session