• Funding for Agricultural Research Studies, generally; H.R. 759 Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009, all provisions; S. 510 (H.R. 1332) FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, all provisions; H.R. 4872 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, all provisions; S. 384, authorization to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, all provisions..

Duration: April 2, 2007 to April 15, 2010

General Issues: Agriculture, Animals, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Defense, Education, Environmental/Superfund, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Fuel/Gas/Oil, Science/Technology, Budget/Appropriations, Commodities (Big Ticket), Economics/Economic Development, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security, Utilities

Spending: about $390,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)