Energy and Environment: The land was worth millions. A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue’s company for $250,000.
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An investigation by The Washington Post has found that agricultural company Archer-Daniels-Midland sold a grain storage plant worth millions for a fraction of its value to Sonny Perdue shortly before he became secretary of agriculture.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) has asked a government ethics office to look into Sonny Perdue's purchase of a grain plant at a sliver of its estimated value.
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