Jack was one of our incorporators, a shareholder and a board member. He'd come here because he was a friend of Buell's. He died on July 21, 1975. His death set in motion the problem of shareholder succession. I'd worried about this issue since our...
We hadn't been in business very long when Derry got a call from Dick Johnston, President of the Missouri Farm Bureau -- also located in Jefferson City. Johnston wanted to know if were interested in selling. Derry--an old cattle trader--responded "of course, anything is for...
From the get-go we held monthly board meetings. These were held in our "Board Room" at our offices in Centertown...
Joyce Steinmann made a video for a company sales meeting in 1994. She's good! If you've been around here a long time, you'll see yourself and remember some of the folks who used to work here. Kinda in order are: Stan, Greg, Roger, Sandy Dulle,...
Roger Gardner was in Future Farmers of America while in high school over in Harrisonville, where his dad taught vocational agriculture. In February, 1982, Derry hired him to drive over from Mizzou to do farm reports, especially the early ones when Derry had returned late...