Once upon a time, Minnesota Democrats seemingly ran out of farm-conscious leaders. When Rep. Collin Peterson, a son of the Red River Valley and an agriculture committee chair, lost his seat in the ...

Bipartisan negotiations over the farm bill stopped Thursday afternoon after House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson faced pressure from fellow Democrats who complained that ...

Collin Peterson, D-Minn., holds up a sheet of paper with information about how the farm bill's safety net for dairy farmers works during a town hall with U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., in Red ...

Collin Peterson ... Trump by 30 points in 2016. Peterson, one of the founding members of the centrist Blue Dog Democrats, has survived for 15 terms in his deep-red Western Minnesota district ...

Former Minnesota congressman and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson called it “very positive.” “I think that increases the likelihood of getting a farm bill,” Peterson ...

Collin Peterson’s vast 7th District of western Minnesota. Moderate Democrat Peterson would seem an unlikely foe of conservation easements. Farm-raised and known as a stalwart farm advocate ...

WASHINGTON (AP)-- As the House began debate on its version of a new five-year farm bill, the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation urged colleagues to pass it. Rep. Collin Peterson ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican budget proposal introduced Tuesday virtually guarantees there will not be a farm bill in 2012, Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson said. Peterson, the ranking Democrat ...

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson anticipates being able to work out compromises on agricultural issues in the next Congress, but he said Wednesday he has concerns about the makeup of the next Senate ...

CROOKSTON -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson said changes to food stamps sabotaged a new Farm Bill in the House of Representatives, but he is pushing for new legislation. Dozens of area residents ...

PAUL -- A key policymaker crafting the next federal farm bill said legislation will ... sources in the Midwest and elsewhere. U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, who will be House Agriculture Committee ...

FARGO -- Don't expect a new farm bill by the time Congress bails out of Washington next week for the fall election, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said Friday. That won't affect the nutrition and ...