COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY
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.
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ALL COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ARA Filed Comments to USDA on Ag Supply Chains, Responds to Executive Order
Jun 21, 2021
ARA filed comments to the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service in response to the request for information on Supply Chains for the Production of Agricultural Commodities and Food Products. This comment period is a direct response to President Biden's Executive Order, "America's Supply Chains."
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ARA Filed Comments to EPA's Proposed Requirement for Picloram
May 17, 2021
ARA filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Registration Review proposed draft risk assessments for picloram opposing additional requirements that would be duplicative and burdensome for local ag businesses.
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ARA Requested USDA to Extend Comment Deadline on Supply Chains
May 14, 2021
ARA and the undersigned agricultural and commodity organizations request that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extend the deadline for the comment period on President Biden's Executive Order on "America's Supply Chains.".
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ARA Filed Comments to USDA on Tackling the Climate Crisis
Apr 29, 2021
ARA filed a response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Notice of Request for Public Comment on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
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ARA Signed Ag Biotech Alliance Comments on Tackling Climate Crisis
Apr 29, 2021
ARA signed Ag Biotech Alliance comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
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ARA Co-Signed Comments to USDA on Climate Solutions
Apr 29, 2021
ARA and more than 60 organizations representing the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) signed comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Energy and Environmental Policy with recommendations around climate-smart agriculture and biofuel.
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