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# GRAPHIC: Agribusiness spent a record-breaking $165 million on federal lobbying last year
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/graphic-agribusiness-spent-a-record-breaking-165-million-on-federal-lobbying-last-year/
- Published: 2023-02-16T14:57:06.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-16T14:57:06.000Z
- Description: The lobbying spending represents a 20-year high.
- Author: Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
- Tags: Data Harvest, National, Congress, TP::Explainer, farm bill, lobbying, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

Agriculture companies and industry groups spent more than $165 million to lobby Congress last year, according to data from [OpenSecrets](https://www.opensecrets.org/?ref=investigatemidwest.org), a nonprofit that collects information on money in politics.

The OpenSecrets data goes back to 1998\. Since then, lobbying spending by the agriculture sector had previously peaked at around $154 million in 2013, a [Farm Bill year](https://www.investigatemidwest.org/lobbyists-of-all-kinds-flock-to-farm-bill/).

Of the industries comprising the agribusiness sector, the “agricultural services and products” category spent the most. Top spenders in that category include chemical companies Corteva, Nutrien and AgLife America; the American Farm Bureau Federation and its state-level counterparts; ADM; Deere & Co and more.

The meat and livestock industries — poultry and eggs, livestock and dairy — spent less than their crop and chemical counterparts.