Legislation

Environmental Working Group Ramps Up Food Safety Push

Environmental Working Group reported $340,000 in lobbying spending for the second quarter of 2026, filed August 7. The advocacy organization is targeting...

Legislation

Farm Bill Split Between House, Senate Stalls

A recent CRS report examining farm bill reauthorization reveals a historic fracture in how Congress legislates agricultural policy, with profound...

Congress

Agricultural Disaster Programs Face Unpredictable Funding Gaps

Congress faces a critical timing problem with disaster relief for agricultural land, according to a recent CRS report updated in July. The three federal...

Government Operations

Allie Herring Promoted to Communications Director

Allie Herring has been promoted to Communications Director for the House Agriculture Committee, a position she assumed on April 1, 2026. Herring previously...

Agriculture

Farm Credit Council Lobbies on Tax, Board Issues

Farm Credit Council filed an amended second quarter lobbying disclosure on August 4, 2026, reporting $110,000 in spending on four core issues: Agriculture...

Agriculture

Oregon Healthy Alternatives Ends Jefferson & Associates Contract

Oregon Healthy Alternatives Association terminated its federal lobbying contract with Jefferson & Associates LLC, with a termination date of June 30, 2026,...

Agriculture

Agricultural Retailers Group Lobbies on Farm Bill and Pesticides

The Agricultural Retailers Association is pressing Congress on several fronts as the agricultural sector navigates regulatory and legislative shifts. The...

Government Operations

Poor Coordination Blocks Rural Water Funding

Some rural communities across the U.S. lack access to drinking water or wastewater utilities. A GAO report (GAO-26-107355), published June 23, 2026, found...

Social Welfare

Report: Draft Farm Bill Would Delay, Increase State SNAP Costs

The FY2025 budget reconciliation law already requires states with high payment error rates to shoulder a portion of benefit costs beginning in fiscal 2028,...

Legislation

Senate Agriculture Committee Will Weigh Farm Bill SNAP Revisions

The Senate Agriculture Committee will consider the Agricultural Act of 2026 at a business meeting on August 6, 2026, as lawmakers grapple with the fallout...

Lobbying Activity

World Food Bank Group Hires Thornrose on Agriculture

Thornrose Ventures registered the organization on July 27, with the engagement signed on July 29, marking the group's entry into formal advocacy efforts....

Agriculture

Environmental Defense Action Fund Hires Russell Group

Russell Group brings experience across the food and agriculture sector, representing dozens of clients ranging from crop producers to commodity traders.

Commerce

Wendy's Registers for Federal Lobbying on Food, Trade, and Taxes

Wendy's Co. registered for in-house lobbying on July 27, 2026, marking a formal entry into federal advocacy on six policy areas. The fast-casual chain is...

Government Operations

Trump Nominees Could Reshape the Farm Credit Board

The Trump administration is moving to reshape the Farm Credit Administration, the independent federal regulator overseeing the nation's largest agricultural...

Agriculture

Agricultural Retailers Association Lobbying Addressing Chemicals

The Agricultural Retailers Association submitted its second quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure with an unusual gap: the filing contained no specific issues,...

Commerce

GAO Examines Technologies for Verifying Food Import Origins

The federal government has released a comprehensive assessment of technologies and methods used to track and verify the geographic origin of food and other...

Health

Ingredient Transparency Group Maintains Q2 Lobbying Spending

Americans for Ingredient Transparency Inc. is stepping up ingredient transparency lobbying efforts, filing a disclosure for the second quarter that signals...