AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted May 7, 2026

Expenses

$45,000.00

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

Virginia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 8

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
SENATE
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 3

Agriculture

Issues relating to conservation, trade, research programs, treated seed, plant biotechnology, plant breeding innovation, and intellectual property.

Budget/Appropriations

FY2025 appropriations and reconciliation and impacts to agriculture program, specifically research and conservation programs.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to tariffs and impacts to seed producers, the OECD, and the FAO.

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