• The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Implementation S 889; S 1645; The Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009; Supply management for dairy farmers. S 1398; S 1330; The Family Dairy Preservation Act of 2009; S 1331 The Dairy Fairness Act of 2009; Changes to the MILC Program HR 5288; S 3531; The Dairy Market Stabilization Act of 2010; supply management for dairy farmers
• S 527; To Exempt Livestock Operations from Clean Air Act Title V Permits; reporting of on-farm air emissions S3622; HR5426; To Streamline the Spill Prevention, Control and Counter-measure Rule; compliance by dairy farmers Executive Order on Chesapeake Bay regulations; impact on producers Mississippi River Basin Initiative; impact on producers
• Energy Legislation; Opportunities for Renewable Standards to benefit farmers.
• S 306; HR 1158; The Biogas Production Incentives Act of 2009; tax credits for on-farm energy production
• Free Trade Agreements: Colombia, Panama, South Korea; interests of U.S. dairy farmers Proposed Trans Pacific Partnership; exclude U.S. dairy trade with New Zealand from negotiations HR 4645 The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2010; Improving dairy trade with Cuba Potential Geographic Indicators in EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement; Impact on U.S. dairy industry
• HR 1660; The Dairy and Sheep H2A Visa Enhancement Act of 2009; labor programs for year-round agricultural workers H2A Rulemaking; monitor for impact on year-round agricultural workers S1038; HR 2414; The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2009; programs for year-round agricultural workers.
• S 787; The Clean Water Restoration Act; impact of changes on farmers. S 1816 The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2010; Impacts on dairy farmers in the watershed HR 5509 The Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2010; Impacts on dairy farmers in the watershed
• HR 2749; The Food Safety Enhancement Act; Impact on farmers and farmer-owned cooperatives.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2010

General Issues: Agriculture, Environmental/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Immigration, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $180,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)