Cultivating Control Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill

The Union of Concerned Scientists analyzed US Senate lobbying disclosure reports from January 2019 to December 2023 to quantify corporate influence on the food and farm bill. The analysis found that giant agribusiness companies and industry associations spent over half a billion dollars during this period to influence legislation. The methodology involved searching the Senate database for the phrase "farm bill," cleaning duplicate data, accounting for report amendments and terminations, and categorizing entities into sectors such as Agribusiness, Fuel/Energy, and Pharmaceuticals to assess the scale of corporate profit prioritization in federal farm policy.

• Between 2019 and 2023, giant agribusiness companies and industry associations spent more than $500 million lobbying Congress to influence legislation concerning the next food and farm bill.

APA

Goswami, O., & Stillerman, K. P. (2024). Cultivating Control Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/Cultivating%20Control_Appendix%20A_Final_OG_May%2010.pdf

Chicago

Goswami, Omanjana, and Karen Perry Stillerman. Cultivating Control Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2024. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/Cultivating%20Control_Appendix%20A_Final_OG_May%2010.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{goswami2024cultivating, author = {Goswami, Omanjana and Stillerman, Karen Perry}, title = {{Cultivating Control Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2024}, month = may, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/Cultivating%20Control_Appendix%20A_Final_OG_May%2010.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }