Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Agricultural association

Based in OH

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AI Overview

With $2.0M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 14 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$2.0M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$370K
2019	$260K
2020	$200K
2021	$260K
2022	$260K
2023	$220K
2024	$221K
2025	$214K

Issues Lobbied

Labor Issues Budget/Appropriations Animals Trade Transportation Immigration Taxation Food Industry Environment Clean Air & Water Agriculture Energy Communications Health Issues

Lobbying Firms

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Lobbyists

Yvonne Lesicko Jack Irvin Brandon Kern Steven Bales

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: Labor Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Animals, Trade, Transportation and 9 more

•Need for general immigration reform/H2A program revamp;
•The Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017.

•FY 2018 Ag Appropriations to make sure enough resources available for farm programs;
•H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Omnibus spending bill).

•Black vulture depredation;
•Veterinary Feed Directive rules implementation;
•Horse Protection Act rules implementation.

•Normalization of relations with Cuba;
•HR 351 - Travel Ban Bill (lifts travel ban to Cuba);
•HR 442 - The Cuba Trade Act (lifts the embargo);
•HR 525 - The Cuba Agricultural Exports Act (lifts embargo fo

•Discussed general importance of infrastructure to agriculture and need for roads/bridges, port, waterways (lock/dams) and funding for our highway system;
•Discussed needs for rail infrastructure improv