Illinois Department of Agriculture

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Department of Agriculture
Department overview
Jurisdiction Illinois
Department executive
Website www.agr.state.il.us

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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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]

List of Directors

This is an incomplete list of all the people who have served as Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture

ImageNamePartyTermGovernor
3x4.svg Thomas F. Jennings Democratic ?-2012 Pat Quinn
20120608-OSEC-RBN-2538 (7355371000) (cropped).jpg Robert Flider 2012-2015
3x4.svg Phil Nelson Republican 2015-2015 Bruce Rauner
Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Raymond Poe (cropped).jpg Raymond Poe 2015-2015
John M Sullivan IL Politician 2019 (cropped).png John M. Sullivan Democratic 2019-2020 JB Pritzker
3x4.svg Jerry Costello II 2020-present


References

  1. ↑ 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 June 22, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ 20 ILCS5/5-15
  3. ↑ "Illinois Blue Book: 2005-2006" (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Secretary of State, 2006), pages 212-215.
  4. ↑ Writers, Doug Finke and Carla Jimenez, Staff. "Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois State Fair directors step down" . Retrieved September 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » This just in… Poe gets Ag". capitolfax.com. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  6. ↑ Mandy Robertson (February 28, 2020). "Costello appointed to lead Illinois Department of Agriculture". WSIL. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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