SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOP

Lobbying for SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOP · Processing sugar beets into refined sugar

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 16, 2026

Expenses

$180,000.00

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

Minnesota

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 5

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 5

Agriculture

US Sugar Policy as described in the Farm Bill - The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. USDA - Sugar Program Administration Rural and Agriculture Infrastructure Potential Improvements to the Sugar Storage Facility Loan Program Maintaining, expanding and improving crop insurance for farmers who grow sugarbeets, as well as those who raise other row crops. Advocating for economic assistance to growers of sugarbeets.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

US Sugar Policy as described in the Farm Bill - The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; Tariff related issues

Budget/Appropriations

US House and Senate Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture Appropriations Act including but not limited to the US Sugar Program as described in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, sugarbeet research and funding, and funding for US Farm Programs.

Environment/Superfund

Discussions with House and Senate on conservation programs.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

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