ILLINOIS WHEAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ELECT 3 NEW MEMBERS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced today an election will be held on October 28, 2026, for two (2) board members in the following Illinois Wheat Development Board Districts (IWDB) three (3) and six (6) as well as one (1) statewide At-Large Board Member. As no formal petitions were filed for these vacant board positions, producers of Illinois wheat residing in these Districts may participate in the October 28, 2026, 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.

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

Illinois Wheat Development Board Representative Districts:

District I: 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, LaSalle, 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, Woodford Counties

District II: Bond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, St. Clair Counties

District III: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland, Shelby, Vermilion Counties

District IV: Clinton, Jefferson, Washington Counties

District V: Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Randolph Counties

District VI: Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, Williamson Counties