Ag retailers outline 2026 policy priorities

The Agricultural Retailers Association outlined its 2026 Public Policy Priorities, announcing a comprehensive agenda designed to support America’s ag retailers and strengthen the nation’s food and supply chains. The priorities also support science-based, practical policy solutions that keep U.S. agriculture globally competitive. “ARA’s priorities are built to safeguard the tools, technologies, and regulatory certainty that agricultural retailers and their farmer customers rely on every day,” said Richard Gupton, the group’s senior vice president of public policy. The 2026 priorities include a new farm bill, modern agricultural technologies, stewardship, sustainability, economic growth, energy, transportation, infrastructure, labor, and homeland security. The platform emphasizes protecting essential farm safety nets, protecting science-based pesticide regulations, expanding access to modern crop technologies, strengthening conservation programs, supporting rural workforce growth, and bolstering the infrastructure and energy systems that underpin the nation’s agricultural economy.