2nd Quarter - Report — OLSSON, FRANK, WEEDA, TERMAN & MATZ, PC for SOUTHWEST MEAT ASSOCIATION (2026)

Firm

OLSSON, FRANK, WEEDA, TERMAN & MATZ, PC

Client

SOUTHWEST MEAT ASSOCIATION

Income

$10,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEN EDWARD DASH	—
PHILIP C KARSTING	Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; CoS of Sen. Herb Kohl
ERIC STEINER	Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; Associate Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEN EDWARD DASH	—
PHILIP C KARSTING	Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; CoS of Sen. Herb Kohl
ERIC STEINER	Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; Associate Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Farm Bill, food safety, international trade

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEN EDWARD DASH	—
PHILIP C KARSTING	Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; CoS of Sen. Herb Kohl
ERIC STEINER	Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; Associate Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Skilled labor shortages.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEN EDWARD DASH	—
PHILIP C KARSTING	Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; CoS of Sen.Herb Kohl
ERIC STEINER	Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Food and NutritionService, USDA; Associate Administrator for Special NutritionPrograms, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.