Calhoun produce, a commission merchant, takes possession of truckloads of tomatoes, arranges for storage, and transports them to auctions to be sold, over the past 15 years their business evolved from a predominately row crop farm to a diversified Agricultural Business. Commission merchants are obliged to manage the business according to the instructions of the principal and, if they are authorized to act at their discretion, they must perform the act of commerce with prudence and according to the use of commerce, taking care of the business as if it were their own.