• Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Re-authorization of the Farm Bill. The sugar title, provisions on biofuel from sugar or sugar cane, general commodity and conservation program issues. Administration of US sugar policy. Agriculture related legislation or programs addressing climate change.
• FTAs or other preferential trade agreements. Any WTO or other foreign trade negotiations that might impact tariff or tariff rate quotas on sugar. Mexican Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duty trade cases and suspension agreements. Administration of sugar TRQs, including allocation and amounts for raw, refined, and specialty sugar. Any other trade issues affecting sugar or biofuels.
• Areas dealing with Clean Water Act definitions and regulation of wetlands, prior converted cropland, etc. Issues related to Everglades protection and restoration, management of Lake Okeechobee and watershed. Any Water Resource Development Acts.
• Dietary Guidelines, DRI values, food labeling regulations, Congressional Oversight thereof. Organic standards and enforcement.
• Appropriations for US Department of Agriculture and related agencies. Any provisions or amendments on spending for administration of sugar policy or other farm programs. Funding for sugar cane research. Funding for Everglades restoration or water management in South Florida.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Environmental/Superfund, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Commodities (Big Ticket)

Spending: about $16,982,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Energy - Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Y Y US Dept. of Agriculture, Y Y US Trade Representative US Dept. of Agriculture, Y Y