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Commodity commission candidates face Nov. 30 filing deadlineKansas Grain growers in central Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat and sunflowers - should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov. 30, filing deadline. The 2008 election will cover districts four, five and six, or the central third of Kansas. District four includes Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Smith and Washington counties. District five includes Barton, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion, Rice, Rush, Russell and Saline counties. District six includes Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Sedgwick, Stafford and Sumner counties. Candidates must gather 20 signatures from eligible voters to be included on the 2008 ballot. No more than five signatures from any one county can be used to qualify a candidate. Eligible voters are Kansas residents who will reach age 18 before the election and who have grown corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers or wheat for the last three years. Candidate registration packets are available from the Kansas Department of Agriculture or any of the grain commodity commissions. The 2000 Kansas Legislature changed the structure of the commodity commissions to make each an "instrumentality of the state." Under this structure, the commissions manage their operations in the private sector, deciding how checkoff funds are spent for the greatest benefit to Kansas grain producers, whether it's for research, education or promotions. More information is available from the Kansas Corn Commission at 785-448-2626 or www.ksgrains.com/kcc/; the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission at 913-294-4314 or www.ksgrains.com/KGSC/; the Kansas Soybean Commission at 785-271-1030 or www.kansassoybeans.com/; the Kansas Sunflower Commission at 785-868-3831 or www.kssunflower.com/; the Kansas Wheat Commission at 785-539-0255 or www.kswheat.com; or, the Kansas Department of Agriculture at 785-296-3556 or www.ksda.gov/kansas_agriculture/content/152. 10/22/07 Date: 10/18/07
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