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Cargill

Cargill, Incorporated Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00067884

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$138K
Company lobbying, all issues $2.4M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Cargill reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 5 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Foreign Relations8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace7 of 87/8
  • Economics/Economic Development4 of 84/8
  • Budget/Appropriations3 of 83/8
  • Immigration3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 7 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Issues related to the meatpacking industry. Issues related to food, nutrition and food security. S.4007 - Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
“Issues related to agricultural, regulatory, and trade policy.”
Q3 2026 filing · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Agriculture, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • White House Office
  • Treasury
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • 5 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Cargill, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 60 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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