AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$159,579.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Missouri

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

MADELYN DERKS New on this filing

Previously held: Legislative Director (July 2024-August 2025) and Senior Legislative Assistant (January 2023-July 2024) for Rep. Mark Alford (MO-04), Legislative Assistant November 2021-January 2023, Staff Assistant May 2021-November 2021, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (MO-04)

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 29

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Maritime Commission
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Intl Trade Administration (ITA)
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Risk Management Agency
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
White House Office

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

Lobbying activity 13

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Clean Water Act, including the Waters of the U.S. final rule.

Agriculture

2025/26 Market Assistance; 2018 Farm Bill programs; 2025 Farm Bill; Fertilizer; Biotechnology; Biobased products; Pesticides; Conservation and sustainability; Cover crops; Innovation; Competitiveness; Precision agriculture; Agricultural disaster and economic assistance; Checkoff program; Inflation Reduction Act implementation; including disbursement of associated grants; Supply chain; Solar siting; Seed oils as food products; Climate-smart agriculture quantification; Reauthorization of U.S. Grain Standards Act; Oversight of USDA Economic Reporting; Research and Research Facilities; Make America Healthy Again.

Insurance

Crop insurance program.

Energy/Nuclear

Biofuels; Renewable Fuel Standard, including updated renewable volume obligations, soy supply and demand, feedstock eligibility, advanced biofuel definition, E15, and small refinery exemptions; Biodiesel in clean energy; Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program; Biorefinery Assistance Program; Advanced Biofuel Payment Program; Rural Energy for America Program; Imported biofuel feedstocks; Carbon intensity scoring for soy; Solar energy programs; Clean Fuel Production Credit (45Z) including revisions to indirect land use change penalties, feedstock eligibility, credit transferability, credit rounding, and sustainable aviation fuel; Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Tax Credit.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Inflation Reduction Act implementation; Provisions set to expire as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Budget reconciliation tax provisions.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Climate-related disclosures.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

IEEPA tariffs and Chinese retaliation; Market access issues, including maximum residue levels; Free trade and regional trade agreements, including USMCA and China phase I; International food assistance, including procurement for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods; Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development funding; Section 301 investigation into Chinese shipbuilding; Implementation of executive orders regarding new tariff levels; Efforts to move Food for Peace from USAID to USDA; Continued U.S. membership in WTO; Comments on food labeling, crop protection policies, and biofuels programs to Department of Justice.

Transportation

Surface Transportation Board reauthorization; Infrastructure, including waterways navigation and construction projects, surface and freight rail transportation; Transportation operations, including hours of service rules, federal truck weight limits, commercial driver license flexibility, and financial liability for trucks; Appropriations, including locks and dams projects, Army Corps operations, and allocation of Inland Waterway Trust Fund dollars; Rail technology efficiency; Soy-based asphalt and infrastructure materials; Common carrier obligation definition update; Port infrastructure development; California locomotive technology waiver; Columbia River system navigation.

Budget/Appropriations

Broadband; Infrastructure resources; 2025 Farm Bill; Enacted aid programs; Budget reconciliation.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Workforce concerns, including port workforce disruptions.

Telecommunications

Broadband, including funding and mapping; Global Positioning System; Expanded rural broadband and 5G services.

Natural Resources

Pollinators; Endangered Species Act.

Environment/Superfund

Biobased and soy-based products; PFAS regulations; Heavy-duty vehicle emissions; Clean Fleet Rule.

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