Issues lobbied + lobbyists
FOO — Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Buy American provisions of the William F. Gooding Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998; provisions and regulations relating to agriculture and farmer cooperatives Issues relating to the Richard B. Russell Child Nutrition Act; provisions relating to agriculture and farmer cooperatives FY 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations; provisions relating to agriculture and farmer cooperatives Proposals regarding food and nutrition requirements; issues impacting farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; ZACHARY GIHORSKI
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
USDA Market Promotion and Export Programs; provisions and regulations affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives USDA (GSM-102) Export Credit Guarantee Program; provisions and regulations affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives WTO provisions and rules affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives USDA import/export requirements affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives FY 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations; provisions and regulations affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives USMCA Issues affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Trade and tariff policies affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: KEVIN NATZ
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
AGR — Agriculture
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; regulations pertaining to commodity trading FY 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations; provisions relating to agriculture and farmer cooperatives H.R. 575 and S. 156 Increased TSP Access Act of 2025; issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives H.R. 2203 Innovative FEED Act of 2025; issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives Farm Bill proposals; issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives Issues related to the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service's Farm Labor Survey; impacts to agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; KEVIN NATZ; ZACHARY GIHORSKI [new]
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)
CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)
Issues pertaining to climate and its impact in agriculture, food, and farmer co-ops; issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; ZACHARY GIHORSKI [new]
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
IMM — Immigration
H-2A Regulations including worker protection rules; provisions and regulations affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Immigration reform proposals; provisions and regulations affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives FY 2027 Department of Labor Appropriations and provisions related to farmer cooperatives FY 2027 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations and provisions related to farmer cooperatives H.R. 3227 Farm Workforce Modernization Act, issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives.
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; ZACHARY GIHORSKI
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1707 Grown in America Act 2025; issues pertaining to agriculture and farmer cooperatives Implementation of One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act; issues impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: MARLIS CARSON; LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; ZACHARY GIHORSKI; KEVIN NATZ
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TRA — Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Hours of Service rules; issues relating to and affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives FY 2027 Appropriations, Transportation, HUD; issues relating to and affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Surface Transportation Board; issues relating to and affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Reauthorization of Highway and Surface Transportation Programs; issues relating to and affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Freight rail service; issues relating to and affecting agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: KEVIN NATZ; LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Administrative actions including overtime pay requirements, heat rule and walk-around inspections; issues relating to and impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN
Government entities lobbied: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
CHM — Chemicals/Chemical Industry
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); provisions relating to and impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives Make American Healthy Again (MAHA); issues relating to and impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives
Lobbyists: LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN; ZACHARY GIHORSKI
Government entities lobbied: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)