Midwest Dairy Coalition

Based in WI

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AI Overview

With $640K in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Midwest Dairy Coalition is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$640K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$80K
2019	$80K
2020	$80K
2021	$80K
2022	$80K
2023	$80K
2024	$80K
2025	$80K

Issues Lobbied

Food Industry Trade Agriculture Taxation Budget/Appropriations Labor Issues Marine/Maritime Immigration Health Issues

Lobbying Firms

Etka Consulting

Lobbyists

Steven Etka

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: Food Industry, Trade, Agriculture, Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and 4 more

•Dairy Pride Act (S. 130 and H.R. 778)

•Canadian barriers to U.S. dairy products;
•Informing Congress about the importance of Mexican market for U.S. dairy;
•Geographic indications trade disputes with the EU
•General NAFTA discussions with r

•Margin Protection Program reform- for 2018 Farm Bill debate;
•Expanding Risk Management Program options for dairy farmers

•In the context of Tax reform proposals, talking about the importance of continued deductibility of interest expenses for dairy farmers and their cooperatives.
•Support for Domestic Production Activi

•Fiscal Year 2018 Agriculture Appropriations bills and Supplemental Appropriations bill- proposals to reform Margin Protection Program and expand dairy risk management options