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What Agriculture & Food organizations are saying about federal rules

395 Agriculture & Food organizations have filed 555 comment letters on 146 proposed federal rules. The most active are American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), American Soybean Association (ASA), FMI - The Food Industry Association. Search their letters.

Comment letters

555

Organizations

395

Rules commented on

146

Agencies they write to most

USDA 188 Agricultural Marketing Service 109 EPA 96 Commerce Department 89 NOAA 83 Interior Department 61 FWS 58 Labor Department 33 Wage and Hour Division 29 Food Safety and Inspection Service 26 Employment and Training Administration 20 DOT 20 Treasury 20 TTB 18 Food and Nutrition Service 18

Most active organizations

1. American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) · 10 letters on 9 rules
2. American Soybean Association (ASA) · 7 letters on 7 rules
3. FMI - The Food Industry Association · 7 letters on 7 rules
4. California Farm Bureau · 6 letters on 5 rules
5. National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) · 6 letters on 6 rules
6. Meat Institute · 5 letters on 5 rules
7. National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) · 5 letters on 4 rules
8. Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation · 5 letters on 5 rules
9. Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) · 4 letters on 4 rules
10. Americas Gleaned Seafood · 4 letters on 4 rules
11. Arizona Farm Bureau Federation · 4 letters on 4 rules
12. Forest Landowners Association · 4 letters on 4 rules
13. Gulf of America Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance · 4 letters on 4 rules
14. National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) · 4 letters on 4 rules
15. National Cattlemen's Beef Association · 4 letters on 4 rules
16. National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) · 4 letters on 4 rules
17. American Tunaboat Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
18. California Wetfish Producers Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
19. Family Farm Alliance · 3 letters on 3 rules
20. Hawaii Longline Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
21. Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) · 3 letters on 2 rules
22. International Dairy Foods Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
23. Kreher's Sunrise Farm · 3 letters on 1 rule
24. Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) · 3 letters on 3 rules
25. National Council of Agricultural Employers · 3 letters on 3 rules
26. National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) · 3 letters on 3 rules
27. National Farmers Union · 3 letters on 3 rules
28. National Fisheries Institute · 3 letters on 3 rules
29. National Grain and Feed Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
30. New York Farm Bureau (NYFB) · 3 letters on 3 rules
31. Oregon Farm Bureau · 3 letters on 3 rules
32. Organic Trade Association · 3 letters on 2 rules
33. Red's Best · 3 letters on 3 rules
34. Southeastern Fisheries Association · 3 letters on 3 rules
35. Southern Shrimp Alliance · 3 letters on 3 rules
36. The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) · 3 letters on 2 rules
37. Tyson Foods · 3 letters on 3 rules
38. Vital Farms · 3 letters on 1 rule
39. AMERICAN DAIRY COALITION · 2 letters on 1 rule
40. American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) · 2 letters on 2 rules
41. BPIA · 2 letters on 2 rules
42. California Cattlemen‚Äôs Foundation (CCF) · 2 letters on 2 rules
43. California Farm Bureau Federation · 2 letters on 2 rules
44. Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment · 2 letters on 2 rules
45. Canyon Exotic Game Ranch LLC · 2 letters on 1 rule
46. COBB-VANTRESS, LLC · 2 letters on 2 rules
47. Farm Action · 2 letters on 2 rules
48. Fishing Communities Coalition · 2 letters on 2 rules
49. Florida Farm Bureau Federation · 2 letters on 2 rules
50. Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association (FFVA) · 2 letters on 2 rules

Rules that drew the most letters from this industry

• Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0602 · EPA · 96 letters Final rule 2023
• National Organic Program: National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2021, October 2022, and October 2024 Recommendations (Crops and Livestock) AMS-NOP-22-0029 · Agricultural Marketing Service · 27 letters
• Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program AMS-LP-24-0012 · Agricultural Marketing Service · 22 letters
• Honey Packers and Importers; Increased Assessment Rate AMS-SC-25-0122 · Agricultural Marketing Service · 20 letters Final rule 2026
• Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States ETA-2025-0007 · Wage and Hour Division · 20 letters
• Revising Establishment Size Definitions FSIS-2026-0001 · Food Safety and Inspection Service · 18 letters
• Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program FNS-2025-0018 · Food and Nutrition Service · 14 letters Final rule 2026
• Mandatory Manufacturing Cost Survey Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking AMS-DA-25-0585 · Agricultural Marketing Service · 13 letters
• Rescinding National Organic Program; Market Development for Mushrooms and Pet Food AMS-NOP-22-0063 · Agricultural Marketing Service · 12 letters
• Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits TTB-2022-0004 · TTB · 11 letters Final rule 2025
• Request for Information on Modified Organisms Subject to the Plant Protection Act USDA-2026-0133 · Office of the Secretary (Agriculture Department) · 10 letters
• Semiannual Reporting S7-2026-15 · SEC · 10 letters
• Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0048 · FWS · 9 letters Final rule 2026
• Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act WHD-2026-0067 · Wage and Hour Division · 9 letters
• Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 USDA-2026-0001 · USDA · 7 letters
• Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status NLRB-2022-0001 · NLRB · 7 letters
• Confidentiality of Information NOAA-HQ-2023-0146 · NOAA · 6 letters
• Definition of Shellfish; Inclusion of Cephalopods FWS-HQ-LE-2026-0628 · FWS · 6 letters Final rule 2026
• Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Interagency Cooperation Regulations FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0044 · NOAA · 6 letters
• Implementation of Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act NOAA-NMFS-2026-0826 · NOAA · 6 letters
• Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List APHIS-2019-0018 · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · 5 letters Final rule 2024
• Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Program USDA-2026-0067 · Foreign Agricultural Service · 5 letters
• Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Giraffe FWS-HQ-ES-2024-0157 · FWS · 5 letters
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Amendment 25 (Revised) NOAA-NMFS-2025-1230 · NOAA · 5 letters
• Transportation of Fuel for Agricultural Aircraft Operations FMCSA-2024-0121 · FMCSA · 5 letters Final rule 2026

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