An association may be organized to engage in any agricultural or related activity, including, but without limitation, any activity in connection with the producing, marketing, selling, harvesting, dairying, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, milling, ginning, compressing, storing, transporting, handling, or utilization of any agricultural or forestry products produced by it or delivered to it by its members or others; with the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof, or in connection with the purchase, hiring, or use by it or its members or others of supplies, machinery, or equipment; in the acquisition or improvement of land; in the construction or maintenance of houses, barns, sheds, or facilities for its use or the use of its members; for indemnifying or replacing damaged, lost, or destroyed livestock or other tangible personal property pertaining to agriculture belonging to its members; in burial activities; or the furnishing of medical, dental, health, hospitalization, nursing, or any related services, or medicines or medical supplies to its members and their families.