Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: land-olakes-inc.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
TRD
65 filings
$27.4M on those filings
Immigration
IMM
65 filings
$26.2M on those filings
Foreign Relations
FOR
60 filings
$25.9M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
50 filings
$23.4M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
49 filings
$15.8M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
40 filings
$18.3M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
39 filings
$16.2M on those filings
Retirement
RET
32 filings
$9.8M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
28 filings
$12.9M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
25 filings
$12M on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
114th Congress
Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015
16 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2898114th CongressWestern Water and American Food Security Act of 201510 filingsthrough 2016
S. 2609114th CongressAn original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes.9 filingsthrough 2016
S. 744113th CongressBorder Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act9 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 2642113th CongressAgriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 20138 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 612113th CongressSafe and Efficient Transportation Act of 20138 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 935113th CongressReducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 20148 filingsthrough 2014
S. 809113th CongressGenetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act8 filingsthrough 2014
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
29 filingsthrough 2018
Andrew HarkerThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: House Agriculture Committee Intern28 filingsthrough 2020
Karla ThiemanThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff, USDA; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry20 filingsthrough 2021
Steven KrikavaLand O'Lakes, Inc.19 filingsthrough 2013
Matthew Jerry WohlmanLand O'Lakes, Inc.Covered position: State of Minnesota / U.S. Senate / U.S. House18 filingsthrough 2026
Chad MetzlerLand O'Lakes, Inc.Covered position: White House and U.S. Senate16 filingsthrough 2026
Ashlee Nicole JohnsonThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Staff Assistant, Rep. Mike Ross; Executive Assistant, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Legislative Analyst, White House Liaison, Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary, USDA; Policy Assistant, Domestic Policy Council15 filingsthrough 2026
Jessica SchulkenThe Russell Group, Inc.Covered position: Clerk and Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies14 filingsthrough 2026
Dorothy ClarkLand O'Lakes, Inc.Covered position: Congressman Tom Emmer14 filingsthrough 2026
Jen Daulby KaletaLand O'Lakes, Inc.12 filingsthrough 2012
Christopher HodgsonCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence)11 filingsthrough 2026
Dorothy BondThe Russell Group, Inc.10 filingsthrough 2014
Samantha BuchalterThe Russell Group, Inc.9 filingsthrough 2023
Michael DanielsLand O'Lakes, Inc.9 filingsthrough 2021
Grant Leslie MitchellFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Legislative Aide for Senator Tom Daschle; Legislative Director for Senator Ken Salazar; Senior Advisor to Secretary Tom Vilsack8 filingsthrough 2023
Kevin BaileyFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Senior Advisor, Rural Utilities Service, USDA; Senior Legislative Analyst to the Secretary, USDA; Policy Assistant, White House Domestic Policy Council;; Policy Assistant to the Secretary, USDA; Staff Assistant, USDA; Intern, Sen. Tom Harkin.8 filingsthrough 2023
Christopher E. CondeluciCc Law & PolicyCovered position: Tax and Benefits Counsel, Senate Finance Committee8 filingsthrough 2019
Travis MartinezLand O'Lakes, Inc.Covered position: Senator Jerry Moran6 filingsthrough 2026
Andrew VlasatyFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Congressional Liaison, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Professional Staff, Senior Professional Staff, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee; Policy Advisor, Senator Roy Blunt6 filingsthrough 2023
Michael GoodmanCornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.Covered position: Chief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow)5 filingsthrough 2022
Karla ThiemanFgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)Covered position: Chief of Staff to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Chief of Staff for the Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Senior Professional Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee.5 filingsthrough 2022
Covered positions · 35 of 49 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
