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 I, II and III in the central region of the state.

Grain commodity commissions serve the Kansas agriculture industry by managing their crop’s research promotion and education programs funded with check-off funds. Candidates for the commissions must be a grower of the commodity in question and a resident in the state of voting age, and are elected by eligible growers in their district.

Newly elected commissioners:

Kansas Corn Commission
District I: Brian Baalman, Sheridan County
District II: Dennis McNinch, Ness County
District III: Paige Clawson, Haskell County

Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission
District II: Jon Berning, Scott County

District III: Brant Peterson, Stanton County

No candidates ran for commissioner in District I. The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission will appoint these positions.

Kansas Soybean Commission
No candidates ran for commissioner in Districts I, II and III. The Kansas Soybean Commission will appoint these positions.

Kansas Sunflower Commission
No candidates ran for commissioner in Districts I, II and III. The Kansas Sunflower Commission will appoint these positions.

Kansas Wheat Commission
District I: Brian Linin, Sherman County

District II: Ronald Suppes, Lane County

District III: Gary Millershaski, Kearney County

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, 2024.