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South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation

Trade association PAC FEC C00629766

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$27K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $220K

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. 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. 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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South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation 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

From the filings

“Any US and or SC agricultural issues including but not limited to 2025 Farm Bill, AWER Reform, Free Market Trade, 2025 H.R. 1 Budget Reconciliation (One Big Beautiful Bill Act)”
Q2 2025 filing · Agriculture
“Any US and or SC agricultural issues including but not limited to 2025/2026 Farm Bill 2.0, Economic Assist, AWER Reform, Free Market Trade”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • White House Office
  • AgricultureUSDA

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 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 9 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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