SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Agriculture Wednesday announced winners of the 2017 state agricultural commodity board elections.
The elections filled positions on three agricultural boards: the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board and the Sheep and Wool Marketing Board. Â Unfortunately, the Sheep and Wool Marketing Board had no candidates apply this year.
These boards oversee the check-off dollars that come from assessments levied at the first point of sale. State law sets assessment for corn at 5/8 of 1 cent per bushel, soybeans at 1/2 of 1 cent of the market value, and wool at 31/2 cents per pound.
Newly-elected board members will serve three-year terms. A list of winners for each commodity board follows:
Illinois Corn Marketing Board
District           Counties in District                     Â
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District 1        Boone, McHenry, Lake, DeKalb,                  Pat Dumoulin, Hampshire
Kane, Cook, DuPage, Kendall, Will
District 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Whiteside, Lee, Bureau, Stark, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mark Wilson, Toulon
Marshall, Putnam
District 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Woodford, McLean, Dewitt, Macon, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â James Reed, DeLand
Piatt, Moultrie
District 10      Scott, Morgan, Sangamon, Greene,               Bill Long, Franklin
Jersey, Calhoun, Macoupin
District 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Don Duvall, Carmi
Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash,
White
Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board
District           Counties in District                  Representative, Hometown
District 1        Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago,            Paul Rasmussen, Jr., Genoa
Boone, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Lee
District 5        Knox, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam,                   W. Stan Born, Dunlap
Fulton, Tazewell
District 7        Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion                    Â
District 9        Mason, Logan, Cass, Menard,                       Carrie Winkelman, Tallula
Morgan, Sangamon
District 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Pike, Scott, Calhoun, Greene, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare, Nebo
Macoupin, Jersey
District 13      Montgomery, Bond, Fayette, Marion        Edward Murphy, Farmersville
Sheep and Wool Marketing BoardÂ
District           Counties in District                  Representative, Hometown
District 1        Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago,            no petitions received
Boone, McHenry, Lake, Carroll, Ogle,
DeKalb, Kane, Cook, DuPage,
Whiteside, Lee
District 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bureau, Putnam, LaSalle, Stark, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â no petitions received
Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell
District 7        Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham,            no petitions received
Jasper, Crawford, St. Clair, Clinton,
Washington, Marion, Jefferson, Clay,
Wayne, Richland, Edwards, Lawrence,
Wabash, Randolph, Perry, Franklin,
Hamilton, White, Monroe, Jackson,
Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union,
Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander,
Pulaski, Massac
— Illinois Department of Agriculture
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