The
Kansas Department of Agriculture has announced the result of the elections held
for the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum,
soybeans, sunflowers and wheat — in districts seven, eight and nine in the
eastern region of the state.
Kansas Corn
Commission
District Seven:
Griffith Howard, Brown County
District Eight: Krystale Neitzel, Douglas County
District Nine: Randall L. Small, Wilson County
Kansas Grain
Sorghum Commission
District Seven:
Nathan Larson, Riley County
No candidates ran
for commissioner in districts eight and nine. The Kansas Grain Sorghum
Commission will appoint these positions.
Kansas Soybean
Commission
District Seven:
Gary D. Robbins, Pottawatomie County
No candidates ran for
commissioner in district eight. The Kansas Soybean Commission will appoint this
position. District Nine: Michael Froebe, Labette County
Kansas Sunflower
Commission
No candidates ran
for commissioner in districts seven, eight, or nine. The Kansas Sunflower
Commission will appoint these positions.
Kansas Wheat
Commission
District Seven:
Nathan Larson, Riley County
No candidates ran for commissioner in districts
eight and nine. The Kansas Wheat Commission will appoint these positions.
For more information
on Kansas commodity commissions, please visit the KDA website at www.agriculture.ks.gov/CommodityCommissions.
Commissioners serve three-year terms, and the terms will commence on April 1,
2022.