S.C. Code Ann. § 33-47-80: Purposes for which associations may be formed.

An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with:

(1) The producing, marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members;

(2) The harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping or utilization thereof;

(3) The manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof;

(4) The manufacturing, selling or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment or supplies;

(5) The financing of the above-enumerated activities; or

(6) More than one of the activities specified herein.