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ADM sold land to Sonny Perdue s company for fraction of value before he took office An investigation by the Washington Post has found that 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.
By Desmond Butler Washington Post June 29, 2021 3:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It was a curious time for Sonny Perdue to close a real estate deal.
In February 2017, weeks after President Donald Trump selected him to be agriculture secretary, Perdue s company bought a small grain plant in South Carolina from one of the biggest agricultural corporations in America.