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 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 |
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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 |
[Illinois Department of Agriculture]
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