Collin Peterson

WASHINGTON - Farmers gained unnecessarily at taxpayers' expense in the drought of 2012 because of the nation's crop insurance program, an environmental research and advocacy group charged on May 1. Citing a report prepared by University of Iowa...

A proposed definition of the term “rural” submitted by the Department of Agriculture to Congress last month could have broad implications for small towns across America - and not everyone is happy about it. The report - delivered two and one-half years...

Washington, DC - On Feb. 14, Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN), along with six additional cosponsors, introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect our nation's remaining native prairies and prime grasslands. The Protect...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson said on Jan. 2 he's so upset that Congress passed only a short extension of the 2008 Farm Bill that he won't work on a new version without assurances from congressional leaders it will get a vote....

There are ways to write a letter and then there are ways to write a letter.  One way includes pleasantries, ideas, even artful persuasion. Another features anger, bile and bricks.  These differences were on display recently when two members of...

A long, bitter year in the long, bitter Congressional session drifted into the campaign season with the U.S. House of Representatives unable or unwilling to butter the softest piece of legislative toast before them, the 2012 Farm Bill. Speaker of the...

 A long, bitter year in the long, bitter Congressional session drifted into the campaign season with the U.S. House of Representatives unable or unwilling to butter the softest piece of legislative toast before them, the 2012 Farm Bill.  Speaker of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Minnesota farmer Dale Fladeboe hoisted a sign above his head that read, "Do you eat? You need a farm bill now." Fladeboe was among hundreds of farmers from across the country who flew in to the nation's capital for a Sept. 12 rally...

There is broad agreement that the next Farm Bill will contain substantial cuts, but there are wide disagreements on how the important legislation should be crafted. With the current five-year Farm Bill to expire in September, most agree that direct...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said recently that he is optimistic the U.S. sugar program will be continued in the next farm bill, but he said he is unsure when - or if - a proposed $1.78 billion Red River diversion to protect...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - President Obama's 2013 budget aims to shrink the deficit by $4 trillion during the next 10 years in ways that will be felt by Minnesotans in all walks of life, from farmers and doctors to low-income residents who get help with...

 By Kevin Diaz and Jim Spencer  Star Tribune, Minneapolis  Feb. 14--WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s 2013 budget aims to shrink the deficit by $4 trillion during the next 10 years in ways that will be felt by Minnesotans in all walks of...