1st Quarter - Amendment — EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE for EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE (2017)

Firm

EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE

Client

EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

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	May 10, 2017	$20,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	May 11, 2017	$20,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Working to maintain and improve market access for dairy exports, including support for NAFTA, opposing protectionist activity by Canada, and promoting new trade agreements.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HOLEVOET	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Agriculture AGR

Work towards a favorable farm bill for dairy farmers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HOLEVOET	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Working on the impact of environment regulations on the dairy industry, including the applicability of RCRA to manure, WOTUS, and the applicability of the Clean Water Act to farms through the NPDES program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HOLEVOET	—

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Working on legislation to improve agricultural labor supply, including the DAIRY Act and possible state-specific visa programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HOLEVOET	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Supported the DAIRY PRIDE Act & similar legislation that would force FDA to comply with existing labeling standards for milk and other dairy products.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HOLEVOET	—

Contacted: SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.