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ARA & CCAs Express Strong Support for USDA’s Regenerative Agriculture Initiative
Dec 12, 2025
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) welcome the recent announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz regarding the new $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program. ARA applauds the Trump Administration’s commitment to voluntary, incentive-based conservation efforts that place farmers first and strengthen America’s food and fiber supply.
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AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION RENEWS SUPPORTING PARTNER ROLE IN BIOSTIMULANT COMMERCECON
Jun 29, 2019
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ARA TESTIFIES ON EXCESSIVE FREIGHT AND DEMURRAGE CHARGES, URGES STB TO HOLD RAILROADS ACCOUNTABLE
May 22, 2019
On May 22, 2019, ARA testified before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about excessive demurrage and accessorial charges against agricultural retailers and distributors.
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AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES LEGISLATORS FOR AG RETAIL INDUSTRY SUPPORT
Feb 06, 2019
Senator Wicker was honored for his support on important industry issues, such as promoting precision agriculture and rural broadband deployment.
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ALLIANCE BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND REGULATORS SHOWS FERTILIZER AND AG RETAILERS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SAFETY
Feb 04, 2019
The alliance, while just announced today, has already completed its first project with the unveiling of a training video showing a mock agricultural retail facility inspection.
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ARA APPLAUDS EPA ON PROPOSED NEW WATER RULE
Dec 11, 2018
This proposed rule is a positive step toward regulatory certainty for America’s farmers, ranchers and ag retailers.
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ARA STATEMENT ON THE 2018 FARM BILL CONFERENCE REPORT
Dec 11, 2018
ARA is happy to see a Farm Bill move forward, however this bill represents a missed opportunity to correct some straightforward regulatory problems that would have had no budgetary impact.
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ARA APPLAUDS REPEAL OF 2015 WOTUS RULE
Sep 12, 2018
The repeal of the 2015 regulation is step one in a two-step process. The second step will be when EPA announces the new final rule that would replace the pre-2015 regulation that is now in effect. ARA and its members submitted comments on the proposed new rule.
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LIFTS TARIFFS, ARA URGES RATIFICATION OF USMCA
May 17, 2018
On May 17, the Trump administration announced that a deal was reached to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, moving one step closer to ratifying the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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