Trade association PAC · DC

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00002238.

Which side

Mostly helps Republicans

67% of the $128K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.5

Helps Democrats 33%Helps Republicans 67%

Backs

  1. Tom EmmerRepublican$10K
  2. Jimmy PanettaDemocrat$10K
  3. Jason SmithRepublican$8,000
  4. John HoevenRepublican$7,500
  5. David G. ValadaoRepublican$7,500

Run by Janet Peterson (treasurer) More

Biggest funders American Crystal Sugar PAC $10K · Chspac $10K · Pacific Coast Producers PAC Federal $10K More

On the record

Type
Trade association PAC1
Based in
Washington, DC1
Registered
March 6, 19752

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Janet Peterson2
Connected to
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives1
Website
ncfc.org2

Who funds it

It reported raising $185K: $104K from individuals and $76K from other committees.5

Companies, groups and committees6

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

American Crystal Sugar PACPAC2 gifts$10,000
ChspacPAC2 gifts$10,000
Pacific Coast Producers PAC FederalPAC2 gifts$10,000
Riceland Foods, Inc. PACPAC2 gifts$10,000
Amalgamated Sugar Company PACCommittee1 gift$5,000
Land O' Lakes PACPAC1 gift$5,000
Peach-pac (California Canning Peach Association)PAC1 gift$5,000
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association-employees' Political Action CommitteePAC1 gift$5,000
Sunkist Growers PACPAC1 gift$5,000
Michigan Milk Producers Association: Pac-federalPAC2 gifts$4,500
Agri-mark, IncPAC1 gift$1,500

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $96K from 156 itemized gifts by individuals7
  • 5% came in gifts of $2,000 or more7
  • Top states: Alabama $23K, Illinois $13K, Missouri $11K, Texas $5,750, Virginia $5,7007

Where its donors work7

Alabama Farmers Cooperative34 gifts$24,100
Growmark45 gifts$18,150
Mfa25 gifts$10,600
Ocean Spray Cranberries1 gifts$5,000
Cobank6 gifts$4,050
Sunsweet Growers3 gifts$3,500
Keystone Cooperative6 gifts$3,420
Michigan Milk Producers Association2 gifts$3,200
American Crystal Sugar2 gifts$3,000
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association2 gifts$3,000

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through August 31, 2026.3

Raised$185K
Spent$199K
Cash on hand$62K
Given to candidates and committees$164K
  • From individuals $104K
  • From other committees $76K
  • Other $4,500

Who it gives to

40 candidates, $128K in direct gifts.4

Tom Emmer RepublicanU.S. House, Minnesota 6th District (2026)$10,000
Jimmy Panetta DemocratU.S. House, California 19th District (2026)$10,000
Jason Smith RepublicanU.S. House, Missouri 8th District (2026)$8,000
John Hoeven RepublicanU.S. Senate, North Dakota (2028)$7,500
David G. Valadao RepublicanU.S. House, California 22nd District (2026)$7,500
Glenn Thompson RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 15th District (2026)$6,000
Jim Costa DemocratU.S. House, California 21st District (2026)$5,000
Tom Sell RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 19th District (2026)$5,000
Shontel M. Brown DemocratU.S. House, Ohio 11th District (2026)$5,000
Michelle Fischbach RepublicanU.S. House, Minnesota 7th District (2026)$4,500
Frank D. Lucas RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 3rd District (2026)$4,500
Steve Daines RepublicanU.S. Senate, Montana (2026)$4,000
Roger Marshall RepublicanU.S. Senate, Kansas (2020)$3,500
Angie Craig DemocratU.S. House, Minnesota 2nd District (2026)$3,500
Dan Newhouse RepublicanU.S. House, Washington 4th District (2026)$3,500
Adam Gray DemocratU.S. House, California 13th District (2026)$3,000
Kristen McDonald Rivet DemocratU.S. House, Michigan 8th District (2026)$2,500
Mike Bost RepublicanU.S. House, Illinois 12th District (2026)$2,500
Zoe Lofgren DemocratU.S. House, California 18th District (2026)$2,500
Andrea Salinas DemocratU.S. House, Oregon 6th District (2026)$2,500
Nikki Budzinski DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 13th District (2026)$2,000
Bill Cassidy RepublicanU.S. Senate, Louisiana (2026)$2,000
Nicholas A. Langworthy RepublicanU.S. House, New York 23rd District (2026)$2,000
Bill Huizenga RepublicanU.S. House, Michigan 4th District (2026)$2,000
David Kustoff RepublicanU.S. House, Tennessee 8th District (2026)$2,000
Bradley Scott Schneider DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 10th District (2026)$1,500
Dusty Johnson RepublicanU.S. House, South Dakota at large (2026)$1,500
Thom Tillis RepublicanU.S. Senate, North Carolina (2026)$1,500
Suzan K. DelBene DemocratU.S. House, Washington 1st District (2026)$1,500
Rudy Yakym III RepublicanU.S. House, Indiana 2nd District (2026)$1,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac (C00002238)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002238/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC Form 1 (statement of organization): National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pachttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002238/?tab=filings
    Fetched October 17, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002238/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through August 31, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    FEC: contributions from National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00002238&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  5. 5
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  6. 6
    FEC: receipts of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00002238&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  7. 7
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-op/pac, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00002238&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026