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The Fertilizer Institute

Fert PAC (The Political Action Committee of the Fertilizer Institute)

Trade association PAC FEC C00085910

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$81K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $2.2M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’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 trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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The Fertilizer Institute reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. 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
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 7 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 6 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code6 of 86/8

Bills named in the filings 37 bills, this period

32 more, 23 named in only one filing · Show all 37

From the filings

“CLEAN Future Act - Monitoring potential impacts on energy-intensive trade-exposed industries S. 3894 Growing Climate Solutions Act - support the bill and advocate for inclusion of 4R management practices TSCA Formaldehyde Risk Evaluation H.R. 3898 PERMIT Act H.R. 4776 SPEED Act”
Q4 2025 filing · Environment/Superfund
“Tariff policy as it impacts fertilizers”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • TransportationDOT
  • U.S. Geological SurveyUSGS
  • White House Office
  • CommerceDOC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 1 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 The Fertilizer Institute, 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 41 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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