Illinois e-News Release

November 19, 2025

Jim Raftis: 217-524-1083

Springfield, IL—The Illinois Department of Agriculture has announced results of the October 30, 2025, Illinois Wheat Development Board election today.

This election filled three (3) statewide at-large board member positions and five (5) of the six (6) district board member positions on the first Illinois Wheat Development Board. The newly seated board will be responsible for the appointment of the final board member position residing in District 5, which includes the Illinois counties of Franklin, Jackson, Perry and Randolph. Newly elected board members will serve for one-, two- or three-year term as determined by the initial board.  

“Congratulations and a big thank you to those being elected to the Illinois Wheat Development Board,” said Jerry Costello II, Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. “I am confident this group will work hard to build a strong and sustainable future for Illinois’ wheat industry.”

The Illinois Wheat Development Board will oversee the check-off dollars derived from assessments levied at the first point of sale. State law limits the total assessment levied up to 1.5 cents per bushel of wheat. The program that was adopted by referendum in March sets the assessment at 1.5 cents per bushel.

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 

Bond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, St. Clair 

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

Clinton, Jefferson, Washington

Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Randolph

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

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