La. R.S. § 3:141

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