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OLSSON, FRANK, WEEDA, TERMAN & MATZ, PC

Lobbying for SOUTHWEST MEAT ASSOCIATION · SMA provides information and assistance to packer and processor members across the country

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026

Money reported

None

Registrations and no-activity reports carry no figure.

Client based in

Texas

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

PHILIP C KARSTING

Previously held: Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; CoS of Sen. Herb Kohl
ERIC STEINER

Previously held: Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; Associate Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 4

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 4

Agriculture

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Skilled labor shortages.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.