Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on agriculture & food?
Farmers' organisations and cooperatives, food and drink makers, seed and crop-protection companies, fisheries, forest owners and livestock breeders.
Organisations classified under Agriculture & food account for 4,255 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €56M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 8 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners↗ | Business group | 155 | 20 |
| Deutscher Bauernverband↗ | Business group | 134 | 31 |
| Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund↗ | Business group | 98 | 20 |
| Irish Farmers' Association↗ | Business group | 97 | 14 |
| FoodDrinkEurope↗ | Business group | 83 | 61 |
| Nestlé S.A.↗ | Company | 81 | 57 |
| CropLife Europe↗ | Business group | 75 | 44 |
| McDonald’s Global Franchising Limited↗ | Company | 67 | 54 |
| Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti↗ | Business group | 63 | 29 |
| Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles↗ | Business group | 63 | 25 |
| Landbrug & Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council↗ | Business group | 60 | 16 |
| European Coordination Via Campesina↗ | NGO or non-profit | 53 | 27 |
Also active here: 37 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in agriculture & food
- BASF SE
- Kemira Oyj
- EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- Delivery Hero SE
- ECOLAB
- Anglo American
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
- Svaz chemického průmyslu České republiky, z.s.
- Albioma
- Verband der Landwirtschaftskammern e. V.
- Braskem Netherlands
- Sonae SGPS, S.A.
- Rainforest Alliance
- Solar Foods Oy
- Bio-based Industries Consortium
- ZOETIS
- CERAMICA MERIDIANO, S.A
- Coalition Against Nitrites
- Federazione nazionale unitaria dei titolari di farmacia italiani
- K+S Aktiengesellschaft
- Markant AG
- Verein der Zuckerindustrie e.V.
- ADIFA - Associação de Distribuidores Farmacêuticos
- Baden-Württembergischer Genossenschaftsverband e.V.
- Bundesverband der Deutschen Spirituosen-Industrie und -Importeure e. V.
- Gevo
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation
- Regal Rexnord
- WePlanet
- Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband
- Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Química para la Salud
- Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
- Mittelstandsverband abfallbasierter Kraftstoffe e.V. (Waste-based Fuels Association)
- Pestizid Aktions-Netzwerk e.V.
- Service Union United PAM
MEPs most met by agriculture & food organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 176 of the 367 profiled organisations here, and the other 191 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.