Steve Barr
Steve Barr is the CEO and co-founder of Osborn & Barr Communications (O&B), an agricultural marketing and public relations agency with offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, Des Moines, Iowa (USA), and in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and London, Ontario (Canada).[1] At one time, the company's slogan on its website was, "We create belief."
O&B was formed in 1988 with Monsanto as its founding client. The agency now represents other agricultural brands such as John Deere, United Soybean Board, the Cattlemen's Beef Board/National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork Board." Joe Osborn co-founded it along with Barr.[2]
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Front Groups
front groups formed by O&B for its clients include American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT) and CommonGround. The front group U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) is managed by Hugh Whaley, now of Drake & Company but a former executive of O&B.[3]
Background
Previous to co-founding O&B, Steve Barr worked for Monsanto as a marketing executive in its agricultural division,[4] and "managed client programs" for John Deere.[5] Osborn oversaw Monsanto's agricultural advertising with an unnamed New York agency.[4]
Contact
Steve Barr, CEO
Osborn & Barr Communications
914 Spruce St.
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: (314) 726-5511
Email: nfo@osborn-barr.com
Web: http://www.osborn-barr.com/ and http://blog.osborn-barr.com/steve-barr-co-founder-and-chairman/
Resources
Related SourceWatch Articles
- Osborn & Barr Communications
- Joe Osborn
- AFACT
- CommonGround
- USFRA
References
- ↑ Osborn & Barr, Osborn and Barr: Info., Facebook, agency social media page, accessed May 14, 2012
- ↑ Heather Kaye, Northern Exposure: St. Louis-based marketing agency Osborn & Barr Communications is set to tackle a distinct set of agrimarketing issues ... this time, north of the border, Agrimarketing.com, March 2004, accessed May 2012
- ↑ Hugh Whaley, Hugh Whaley, LinkedIn.com online profile, accessed May 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rick Desloge, Osborne & Barr to harvest Monsanto's ag marketing, St. Louis Business Journal, January 17, 1999, accessed May 2012
- ↑ Osborn & Barr, Steve Barr: Co-Founder and Chairman, agency biography, accessed May 2012
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