1st Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$50,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page) Apr 7, 2008 $50,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment May 16, 2008 $50,000 Yes

What was lobbied

13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Futures exchange policies (speculative position limits, daily trading limits, standards for deliveries against contracts)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Agriculture AGR

Farm and food policy; grain standards and inspection; tax policy; energy; transportation; appropriations; international trade; crop insurance; conservation; USDA oversight; farm policy; research; biotechnology; pesticides; clean water; air quality; sanctions and food standards.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

food quality standards; biotechnology labeling

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
BARRY MORTON —

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of

Transportation TRA

grain transit; transportation; appropriations (transportation-related); Water Resources Development Act; sanctions policy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Peru, Panama and South Korea; WTO negotiating priorities in agriculture;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

conservation; property exchanges (sec. 1031); pesticide policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Railroads RRR

grain transit; transportation; fuel surcharges; rate reasonableness; competitive rail service.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

conservation; farm policy; research; biotechnology; pesticides; clean water; clean air standards.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Ex-patriate income taxes for employees of wheat industry organizations, inheritance tax, general tax policy, renewable energy tax policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Federal Motor Carrier requirements as they pertain to farm trucks; regulations for foreign trucks operating on American roads.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Budget; agricultural appropriations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

research; biotechnology; pesticides; clean water;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
BARRY MORTON —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Farm and food policy; grain transit; tax policy; energy policy (including renewable); transportation; fuel surcharges.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAREN COPPOCK —
MARK STEVEN GAEDE —
JENNIFER SPURGAT —

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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