Indiana Corn Marketing Council

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (August 6, 2012) — Indiana corn farmers have until Friday, August 17 to vote in the Indiana Corn Marketing Council’s (ICMC) annual election. Voting opened on August 6 at county Purdue Cooperative Extension Service offices across the state.

The ICMC board manages state corn checkoff investments and determines promotional, educational and research activities that can strengthen Indiana’s corn industry.

According to the Indiana Corn Market Development Law, those who vote in the election of directors to the ICMC Board must be an Indiana corn producer, which is defined as “a person in the business of producing and marketing corn in Indiana under the producer’s own name or in the name of an entity in which the producer has ownership.” Visit www.incorn.org/checkoffinfo for more information.

The state is divided into nine districts with one director representing each of the districts and six At-Large seats representing the entire state of Indiana. This year, ICMC has seats up for election in Districts 2, 5 and 8, as well as two At-Large seats. Candidates for each district are:

•    District 2: Dean Eppley of Wabash, Ind. is running for re-election. District 2 counties include St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, Fulton, Cass, Miami, Wabash, and Carroll.

•    District 5: Mike Shuter of Frankton, Ind. is running for re-election. District 5 counties include Howard, Grant, Clinton, Tipton, Madison, Hamilton, Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Bartholomew, and Decatur.

•    District 8: David Gottbrath of Pekin, Ind. is running for re-election. District 8 counties include Brown, Monroe, Lawrence, Jackson, Orange, Washington, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford, and Perry.

•    At-Large seats: Glenn Conner of, Peru Ind., and Dennis Maple of, Greentown Ind. are running for re-election. Herb Ringel of Wabash, Ind. and Mike Beard from Frankfort, Ind. are running as new candidates in the election. The At-Large seats represent the entire state of Indiana.

Newly-elected directors will serve three-year terms beginning October 1, 2012. ICMC directors can serve three consecutive full terms or a total of nine consecutive years.

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The Indiana Corn Marketing Council was established by the Indiana General Assembly to promote the interest of corn growers in the state and manage corn checkoff funds. The Council is composed of 17 voting producer directors and seven appointed industry, and government representatives.

Indiana Corn Marketing Council
Megan Kuhn, Communications Director
5730 W. 74th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46278
1-800-735-0195

This communication was funded with corn checkoff dollars.