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July 1, 2014 Jeff Squibb 217-558-1546

CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS COMMODITY BOARD ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Agriculture today announced the candidates for three state commodity boards.

Producers will vote July 8 to determine members of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board, the Sheep and Wool Marketing Board.

Anyone who produces and markets the commodity that each board represents is eligible to vote. Ballots may be cast at county Extension Offices during regular operating hours.

“I strongly encourage producers to cast a ballot,” Agriculture Director Bob Flider said. “The decisions that these boards make concerning the expenditure of state checkoff dollars will shape the future of their industry.”

Checkoff dollars come from assessments levied at the first point of sale. State law sets the assessment for corn at 5/8 of 1 cent per bushel. For soybeans, the rate is 1/2 of 1 percent of market value and, for sheep and wool, it is 2 1/2 cents per pound.

Election results will be announced by Aug. 1. Winners will receive three-year terms. A list of commodity districts holding elections this year, the counties they include and the names and hometowns of the candidates follows:

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Illinois Corn Marketing Board

District / Counties Represented / Candidate
1 / Boone, McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, Cook, DuPage, Kendall, Will / Glenn Ginder, Peotone
Pat Dumoulin, Hampshire
4 / Whiteside, Lee, Bureau, Stark, Marshall, Putnam / Mark Wilson, Toulon
7 / Woodford, McLean, Dewitt, Macon,
Piatt, Moultrie / James A. Reed, Monticello
10 / Scott, Morgan, Sangamon, Greene,
Jersey, Calhoun, Macoupin / William Long, Franklin
13 / Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White / Donald R. Duvall, Carmi

Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board

District / Counties Represented / Candidate
1 / Jo Davies, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, Cook, DuPage, Whiteside, Lee / Barb Hintzche, Rochelle
(write-in candidate)
4 / Bureau, Putnam, LaSalle, Stark, Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell / Helen Hettinger, Eureka
(write-in candidate)
7 / Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, 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 / Carl Dillow, Anna
(write-in candidate)

Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board

District / Counties Represented / Candidate
1 / Jo Davies, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Lee / Paul G. Rasmussen, Genoa
(write-in candidate)
5 / Knox, Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Tazewell / W. Stan Born, Dunlap
(write-in candidate)
7 / Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion / Michael Marron, Fithian
(write-in candidate)
9 / Mason, Logan, Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon / Ronald Kindred, Atlanta
(write-in candidate)
Carrie Winkelmann, Tallula
(write-in candidate)
12 / Pike, Scott, Calhoun, Greene, Macoupin, Jersey / Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare, Nebo
(write-in candidate)
13 / Montgomery, Bond, Fayette, Marion / Gary Berg, St. Elmo
(write-in candidate)

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