SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Agriculture has announced the winners of three commodity board elections. Producers voted July 7 to select members of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board and the Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board. Winners will serve three-year terms.
Winner names and the districts they will represent are as follows:
Get The Latest News!
Don't miss our top stories and need-to-know news everyday in your inbox.
ILLINOIS CORN MARKETING BOARD
District | Counties in District | Candidate and Hometown |
District 2 | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago | Jon Rosenstiel, Pearl City |
District 5 | Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston | Art Bunting, Dwight |
District 8 | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell | Ross E. Pauli, Edwards |
District 11 | Christian, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Shelby | Wayne Rosenthal, Morrisonville |
District 14 | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair, Washington | Dale Handrich, Waterloo |
ELECTIONS/2222
ILLINOIS SOYBEAN PROGRAM OPERATING BOARD
District | Counties in District | Candidate and Hometown |
District 2 | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Lake, McHenry, Will | Steve Pitstick, Maple Park |
District 10 | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | Elliott Uphoff, Shelbyville |
District 11 | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt | Matthew J. Murray, Paxton |
District 14 | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | Brad Daughtery, West Union |
District 16 | Clay, Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, White | Brian H. Atteberry, Carmi |
District 17 | Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph, Washington | Nick Harre, Nashville |
SHEEP AND WOOL MARKETING BOARD
District | Counties in District | Candidate and Hometown |
District 2 | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, Livingston, Piatt, Vermilion, Will | To be appointed |
District 5 | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, Scott | To be appointed |
