The Illinois Department of Agriculture is the code department[1][2] of the Illinois state government that regulates various facets of the agriculture industries of Illinois, oversees Illinois soil and water conservation, supervises the weights and measures of various commodity products, including gasoline, and supervises the Illinois State Fair.[3] Agriculture industries that are supervised include the production of livestock, the growing of commodity crops such as corn and soybeans, and the regulation of grain elevators.
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| Jurisdiction | Illinois |
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Governor Bruce Rauner accepted the resignation of Agriculture Director Phil Nelson on September 25, 2015, effective 30 days later. State Fair Director Patrick Buchen resigned the same day, telling The State Journal-Register, "I resigned because they fired (Nelson), and it's just a bunch of bull crap."[4] Rauner appointed former State Representative Raymond Poe to the position in November of that year.[5]
Governor J. B. Pritzker appointed Jerry Costello II as the Director of Agriculture on February 28, 2020.[6]
References
edit- ^ Uphoff, Judy Lee (2012). "The Governor and the Executive Branch". In Lind, Nancy S.; Rankin, Erik (eds.). Governing Illinois: Your Connection to State and Local Government (PDF) (4th ed.). Center Publications, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois at Springfield. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0-938943-28-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
- ^ 20 ILCS 5/5-15
- ^ "Illinois Blue Book: 2005-2006" (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Secretary of State, 2006), pages 212-215.
- ^ Writers, Doug Finke and Carla Jimenez, Staff. "Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois State Fair directors step down". Retrieved 2015-09-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ http://capitolfax.com/2015/11/13/poe-gets-ag/
- ^ Mandy Robertson (2020-02-28). "Costello appointed to lead Illinois Department of Agriculture". WSIL. Retrieved 2021-04-26.