be agriculture secretary south carolina from one of the biggest agricultural corporations in america. had anyone noticed, it would ve prompted questions ahead of his confirmation. but mr. perdue, the former governor of georgia, did not disclose the deal. there was no legal requirement for him to do so. an examination of public records by the washington post has found that the agricultural company in question, archer-daniels-midland sold atlanta purdue at a small fraction of his estimated value just as the company stood to benefit from a friendly secretary of agriculture. during trump s campaign, sonny perdue wasn t adviser to trump. after trump won, there was lots of public trader about what s job sonny perdue might get and the administration. it wasn t hard to narrow down the most likely choice. he was in the business of agriculture himself. secretary of agriculture seemed like a good bet. purdue spoke to the press in early december about how he was talking to trump about his