Agricultural Retailers Association

Based in VA

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AI Overview

With $6.4M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, Agricultural Retailers Association is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 14 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$6.4M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

View as table

Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$710K
2019	$1.0M
2020	$840K
2021	$840K
2022	$810K
2023	$720K
2024	$730K
2025	$780K

Issues Lobbied

Trade Transportation Taxation Budget/Appropriations Environment Chemicals Government Issues Energy Labor Issues Agriculture Immigration Food Industry Homeland Security Natural Resources

Lobbying Firms

Agricultural Retailers Association

Lobbyists

Richard Gupton Hunter Carpenter Kyle Liske Matthew Smith Danielle Sikes

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Agricultural Retailers Association disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationHomeland Security, Dept of (DHS)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESLabor, Dept of (DOL)Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationSENATESmall Business Administration (SBA)Surface Transportation Board (STB)Transportation, Dept of (DOT)White House OfficeU.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Treasury, Dept of

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Trade, Transportation, Taxation, Budget/Appropriations, Environment and 9 more

Support free trade agreements

Support increased truck weights to 6 axles and 91,000 pounds.

Support reforms to federal age requirements (lower age from 21) for short haul drivers transporting farm supplies and agricultural commodi

Support a fix to the tax reform package reinstating the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD), otherwise known as the Section 199 deduction.

Support STARS Act (HR 3965)

Support new NAICS Section for Farm Supply Retailers

Support inclusion of Section 199A tax fix in FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

H.R. 953, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017

S. 340, Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2017

H.R. 1029, Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017