Illinois Wheat Development Board to elect new members

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced an election will be held on Oct. 28 for two board members in Illinois Wheat Development Board Districts 3 and 6, as well as one statewide at-large board member.

No formal petitions were filed for these vacant board positions, so Illinois producers of wheat residing in these districts may participate in the election as a write-in candidate.

Producers must be of legal voting age, reside in the district for which they are running and be a qualified producer of wheat. At-large write-in candidates may reside in any of the IWDB districts.

Absentee ballots are available to those not available to vote in person by contacting the IDOA at 217-524-1083 or agr.marketnews.illinois.gov.

In-person voting will take place at the county Farm Bureau offices in Illinois during normal business hours.

For more information, call IDOA at 217-524-1083 or the Illinois Wheat Association at 309-557-3619.

Illinois Wheat Development Board representative districts and the counties they include are:

• District 1: Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Christian, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford counties.

• District 2: Bond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and St. Clair counties.

• District 3: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland, Shelby and Vermilion counties.

• District 4: Clinton, Jefferson and Washington counties.

• District 5: Franklin, Jackson, Perry and Randolph counties.

• District 6: Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White and Williamson counties.