COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY

July 2024 House Ag Committee Hearing Testimony by Joey Caldwell with GreenPoint Ag

ARA Member Testimony for House Ag Committee Hearing

Jul 25, 2024

Joey Caldwell, GreenPoint Ag, delivered testimony on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) before the House Agriculture Committee for a hearing on "Financial Conditions in Farm Country" on July 23.

Ag Retailers Association - Soybeans in the field

ARA Comments to EPA Supporting BASF Dicamba Product Registration

ARA, CLA, ASTA File Comments to EPA ANPR Concerning Treated Seed

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ARA Joined Comments to DOT on Ag Supply Chain Transportation

Oct 18, 2021

ARA signed on to comments with the Agricultural Transportation Working Group that were sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation with recommendations to improve America's supply chain operations and resiliency.

ARA Signed Ag CEO Council Comments to DOT Addressing EO on America's Supply Chain

Oct 18, 2021

ARA co-signed comments with the Ag CEO Council sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation in response to the Executive Order on America's Supply Chains with recommendations to improve the transportation industrial base.

ARA Comments to DOT on Supply Chain RFI

Oct 15, 2021

ARA sent comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation in response to the request for information on America's Supply Chains.

ARA Co-Signs Comments to EPA, Army on WOTUS Redefinition

Sep 03, 2021

ARA co-signed comments to EPA and the Army regarding the redefinition of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act.

ARA Filed Comments with Tax Aggie Coalition Seeking WOTUS Definition Input Extension

Aug 23, 2021

ARA filed comments as a member of the Tax Aggies Coalition urging EPA and the Army to offer a 60-day extension to the 30-day comment period seeking input ahead of the redefinition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) to give stakeholders more time to submit quality assessments.

ARA Filed Group Comments to APHIS on Proposal Impacting Biotechnology

Aug 19, 2021

ARA and other biotechnology stakeholder groups sent comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) regarding the proposal to “Exempt Plants with Additional Modifications Produced Using Genetic Engineering That are Otherwise
Achievable by Conventional Breeding.”

ARA Filed Comments to EPA, Army Requesting WOTUS Public Comments

Aug 17, 2021

ARA filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) requesting a 60-day extension of the comment period for defining the "Waters of the United States" or WOTUS as the agencies pursue future rulemaking proceedings.

ARA and TFI Filed Comments on NAICS Updates

Aug 09, 2021

ARA and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) jointly filed comments on the proposed 2022 updates for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for ag retail operations.

ARA Filed Comments to EPA on Risk Management Program Revisions

Jul 14, 2021

ARA filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with proposed revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) in order to promote better emergency planning and public information sharing about accidents while resulting in significant cost savings for RMP-regulated facilities.

ARA Filed Comments to EPA on Aminopyralid Label Protection

Jun 22, 2021

ARA filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing the termination of existing aminopyralid label extension and the proposed new notification and record keeping requirements for applicators.