BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Mark Wilson, a farmer from Toulon, Illinois, was elected by his peers to serve as Chairman of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) for the 2021-22 term.
Wilson, a Stark County farmer, has served on ICMB for seven years. As Chairman, Wilson will represent ICMB as a whole and will continue his obligations to corn farmers in District 4, covering Bureau, Lee, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and Whiteside Counties.
Also elected to officer positions were Jim Reed (De Land) as Vice-Chairman, Jon Rosenstiel (Pearl City) as Treasurer, and Jeff Scates (Shawneetown) as Secretary.
Five districts held corn checkoff board elections earlier this summer:
District 2; Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties; represented by Jon Rosenstiel, Pearl City
District 5; Grundy, Kankakee LaSalle, and Livingston Counties; represented by Art Bunting, Dwight
District 8; Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Peoria, and Tazewell Counties; represented by Ross Pauli, Edwards
District 11; Christian, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, and Shelby Counties; represented by Wayne Rosenthal, Morrisonville
District 14; Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair, and Washington Counties; represented by Dale Haudrich, Waterloo
The Illinois Corn Marketing Board was established in 1982 to manage the voluntary checkoff investment that corn farmers in the state agreed to implement that year. The farmers that make up ICMB are elected by their peers to serve unpaid, three-year terms. The ICMB farmer leaders are tasked with developing and maintaining markets for corn which is Illinois’ highest valued agricultural commodity. Find out more about ICMB at www.ilcorn.org and the family farmers who contribute to the checkoff at www.watchusgrow.org/corn.
— IL Corn
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