On the Ohio Soybean Council’s board of trustees, petitions are being accepted for four district seats up for election in 2017. OSC trustees serve one term of three years and may only serve three consecutive terms. Two incumbents currently filling the positions are term-limited and two are eligible to run again.

• District 3 covers Ashland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Huron, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Summit and Trumbull counties. Incumbent Jeff Magyar is eligible to run again

• District 4 includes Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert counties. Incumbent Terry McClure is not eligible to run again.

• District 6 includes Crawford, Seneca and Wyandot counties. Incumbent Steve Reinhard is not eligible to run again.

• District 11 covers Clark, Greene, and Madison counties. Incumbent Charlie Troxell is eligible to run again.

Candidates must have grown soybeans within the last three years in one of the counties listed above to be eligible. If interested, candidates must complete a petition, which can be accessed on the OSC website at soyohio.org. All petitions must be mailed to the Ohio Department of Agriculture and postmarked by July 3.

For questions, contact Kirk Merritt, OSC executive director, at 614-476-3100 or [email protected].

Source: Ohio Soybean Council