Signal to Noise: Collin Peterson on His Future and Future of Ag Committee

Former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson discusses his future and the future of the ag committee on the DC Signal to Noise Podcast.

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(Farm Journal)

Former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) isn’t letting any moss grow under his feet following his reelection defeat in November. He has inked a consulting deal with Combest, Sell & Associates, an ag-focused consulting firm founded by another former House Ag Committee chairman, Larry Combest of Texas.

In this week’s DC Signal to Noise Podcast, Peterson joins Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer, John Herath of Farm Journal and Combest - Sell co-founder Tom Sell to look at the future of the ag committee and the mountain of issues it faces from carbon capture and equal access to coronavirus assistance and much more.

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