The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and commonly referred to as the Farm Bureau is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting, and representing the interests of farmers and ranchers in the United States and is the largest farm organization in the United States.

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Campaign Finance

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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's September 30, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $2,590,490
    Total Spent:
    $2,309,854
    Cash on Hand:
    $2,944,935
    Debts:
    $32,450
  • Independent Expenditures

    money spent supporting or opposing a candidate
    Candidate Support/Oppose Total Spent
    Todd Akin
    Support
    $20,259
    Hartzler Vicky
    Support
    $3,894

Standardized Donation Information

covers through June 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.
  • Top Recipients

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    Individuals
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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.
  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars
  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for American Farm Bureau Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$3,497,183 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q2, 2012

Lobbying On Behalf of American Farm Bureau

View all lobbying data for American Farm Bureau Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

26 Mentions; 5 Submissions
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "American Farm Bureau" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 1 FWS Utah Prairie Dog - Amend Special Rule Section 4(d) 2011
    • Toggle 1 FMCSA Regulatory Guidance: Applicability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to Operators of Certain Farm Vehicles and Off-Road Agricultural Equipment 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife for the Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus ) in the Eastern United States 2011
    • Toggle 1 CDC Draft Action Plan – A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial- Resistance 2011
    • Toggle 1 FMCSA Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 6 EPA Draft Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act 2011
    • Toggle 5 FMCSA Regulatory Guidance: Applicability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to Operators of Certain Farm Vehicles and Off-Road Agricultural Equipment 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA Re-Evaluation of Human Health Effects of Atrazine: Review of Non-Cancer Effects, Drinking Water Monitoring Frequency, and Cancer Epidemiology 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA NESHAP for Secondary Lead Smelting Amendments Based on the Risk and Technology Review 2011
    • Toggle 2 CDC Draft Action Plan – A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial- Resistance 2011
    • Toggle 1 CFTC Commodity Options and Agricultural Swaps 2011
    • Toggle 1 DOI DOI Regulatory Review 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Utah Prairie Dog - Amend Special Rule Section 4(d) 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA Integrated Science Assessment for Lead (Pb) 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, California 2007San Joaquin Valley 8-hour Ozone Plan and 2007 State Strategy 2011

Advisory Committees

8 people on 9 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "American Farm Bureau" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Agriculture 5 people on 5 committees
  • Toggle Commodity Futures Trading Commission 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of State 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Office of the United States Trade Representative 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for American Farm Bureau