Kansas Department of Agriculture

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Agriculture today announced ballots to elect commissioners to the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat – have been mailed to registered voters in districts Four, Five and Six in the central region of the state.

District Four includes Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Smith and Washington counties.

District Five includes Barton, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Marion, McPherson, Rice, Rush, Russell and Saline counties.

District Six includes Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Sedgwick, Stafford and Sumner counties.

Eligible voters who registered before Dec. 31, or who voted in the 2011 commission election will receive a ballot. Eligible voters are Kansas residents who reached age 18 before the election, have grown corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers or wheat during the last three years and who have properly registered to vote.

Ballots must be cast or postmarked by March 1. The names of candidates-elect will be announced in mid-March, and the elected commissioners will take office April. Commissioners serve three-year terms.

More information is available from the following organizations:
• Kansas Corn Commission at (78S} 448-2626 or www.ksgrains.com/kcc/
• Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission at (78S} 341-6433 or www.ksgrainsorghum.org/
• Kansas Soybean Commission at(78S} 271-1030 or www.kansassoybeans.com/KSChome.html
• Kansas Sunflower Commission at(78S} 565-3900 or www.kssunftower.com/
• Kansas Wheat Commission at (78S} 539-0255 orwww.kswheat.com
• Kansas Department of Agriculture at (78S} 296-3556 or
http:l/www.ksda.gov/kansas agriculture/content/152.