• Support for U.S.-European Union agreement negotiations, WTO trade agreement, and other trade agreements, and congressional support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement; support for increases in sugar import quotas and changes in sugar quota administration; support for sugar policy reform amendments to the House and Senate farm bills and Agriculture Appropriations bills; opposition to extension of sugar programs and U.S.-Mexico sugar suspension agreements; support for U.S.-U.K. trade negotiations.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $3,210,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)