Grain growers in central Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat or sunflowers — should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the November 30, 2025, filing deadline. Eligible growers are Kansas residents who will be at least 18 years old by January 1, 2026, and who have actively grown corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers or wheat for the last three years. Paper candidate registration packets are also available from the Kansas Department of Agriculture or the grain commodity commissions. For more information on Kansas commodity commissions, including voter registration, please visit the Kansas Department of Agriculture website at www.agriculture.ks.gov/CommodityCommissions. PHOTO: Ripe milo or grain sorghum field.