3rd Quarter - Report — SEABOARD CORPORATION for SEABOARD CORPORATION (2012)

Firm

SEABOARD CORPORATION

Client

SEABOARD CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$40,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Issues regarding food aid warehousing and logistics, Port and Maritime Security Issues, Piracy, Transportation Bills in the U.S. Congress

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

General issues relating to federal ethanol mandates, the ethanol import tariff, and ethanol tax credits. Also, issues relating to the biodiesel industry and cap-and-trade legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

General issues relating to the animal agriculture industry, both in production and processing, with an emphasis on the pork and turkey industry. Proposed GIPSA regulation. Food for Progress, Food for Education, Private Public Partnership, 2012 Farm Bill, Food Security Issues, FSIS, Animal Safety/Welfare. Ethanol - biofuels

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues regarding international taxation reform, cap-and-trade legislation, corporate tax reform, and personal taxation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to foreign assistance, food aid, agriculture, economic and political issues in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. Feed the Future Program. FTAs (Korea, Colombia, Panama) TPP

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Among other things, issues regarding the Free Trade Agreements for Colombia, Korea, and Panama. Also the TPP

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General issues relating to food safety, particularly as it spples to the meat industry and trade of turkey and pork; animal handling and inspection. Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW MCNARY	—
RALPH MOSS	—
JULIAN E RUDE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)

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.