Nominating Petitions Available For Illinois Commodity Board Seats

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Farmers who would like to run for a three-year term on the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board or Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board now can start circulating nominating petitions.

Petitions are available at county Extension offices and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The deadline to complete and return them is May 15 for corn and soybean board candidates, and May 29 for sheep and wool board candidates.

Producers must be at least 18 years old, have produced and marketed the pertinent commodity,  reside in the district to be represented and have submitted a valid petition by the filing deadline to be eligible for election.

Elections for all three boards will be held July 7. For more information, call the Illinois Department of Agriculture at (217) 524-9130 or visit our website at http://agr.state.il.us/2015-commodity-boards-election.
          
A list of counties holding commodity elections follows:

ILLINOIS CORN MARKETING BOARD

District   Counties in District  
District 2 Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Carroll and Ogle
District 5 LaSalle, Grundy, Livingston, and Kankakee
District 8 Peoria, Tazewell, Fulton, Mason, Cass, Menard and Logan
District 11 Christian, Montgomery, Shelby, Fayette and Effingham
District 14 Madison, Bond, St. Clair, Clinton, Monroe and Washington

SHEEP AND WOOL MARKETING BOARD

District  Counties in District  
District 2 Kendall, Will, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Champaign,    Vermilion, Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland and Clark

District 5 Adams, Schuyler, Brown, Cass, Pike, Scott, Morgan, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and   Macoupin

ILLINOIS SOYBEAN PROGRAM OPERATING BOARD

District  Counties in District  
District 2 McHenry, Lake, Kane, Cook,  DuPage, Will and Kankakee 
District 10 Dewitt, Macon, Christian, Moultrie and Shelby 
District 11 Piatt, Champaign, Douglas, Edgar and Coles 
District 14 Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper and Crawford
District 16 Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Wayne, Edwards, White and Wabash    
District 17 Randolph, Washington, Jefferson, Perry and Jackson