Melanie Acklin

Osborn & Barr Communications, Inc. provide marketing communications services. Its services include brand management, strategic planning, event planning and marketing, creative services, public relations, media services, digital marketing, and channel marketing services. The company was founded by Stephen D. Barr and Joe Osborn in 1988 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications provides marketing communications services. It offers advertising, direct and database marketing, media planning, public relations, and production services to agricultural, consumer, and business-to-business clients. The company was founded in 1978 by Steve Rhea and John Kaiser and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

Specialty Fertilizer Products LLC develops and manufactures agricultural additives. The firm AVAIL Phosphorus Fertilizer Enhancer, NutriSphere-N Nitrogen Fertilizer Manager and More Than Manure Nutrient Manager, are formulated to be added to a farmer’s existing fertilizer to improve availability of the nutrients. It operates management, research and manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Illinois and Ohio and has relationships with key distributors throughout the United States. The company was founded by J. Larry Sanders and John Hardy in 1998 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.