Michigan Farm Bureau

Based in MI

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AI Overview

With $2.6M in lobbying spend across 36 quarterly filings, Michigan Farm Bureau is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 23 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$2.6M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$400K
2019	$420K
2020	$420K
2021	$210K
2022	$290K
2023	$320K
2024	$230K
2025	$340K

Lobbying Firms

Michigan Farm Bureau

Lobbyists

John Kran Jacob Smith

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Michigan Farm Bureau disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEU.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Labor, Dept of (DOL)Transportation, Dept of (DOT)White House OfficeSmall Business Administration (SBA)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)State, Dept of (DOS)U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)Commerce, Dept of (DOC)Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

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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: Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Trade, Taxation, Housing and 18 more

Michigan Farm Bureau communicated to both the U.S. House and Senate on the need to complete a 2018 Farm Bill before the current bill expires in October 2018. We support the following principles as a g

Key provisions included in H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 Omnibus that Michigan Farm Bureau supported:

Cooperative Tax Deduction:

Amends the cooperative tax deduction, Section

Michigan Farm Bureau supports the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Our position is that overall, NAFTA has been very good for Michigan agriculture and we should work to protect the positiv

H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (Omnibus) was supported by MFB and contained a provision that amended a provision from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 pertaining to farmer co

Michigan Farm Bureau is working with members of the House and Senate on seeking a legislative change that would allow H-2A via guest workers to have the option of staying in on farm housing financed u