In the spring of 1996, Chem. Star opened its doors to supply the farmers of the world a better product and to help them understand that fertilizers are needed to grow today’s crops. Chem Star makes all types of fertilizers from surfactants, to absorption Activators, to oil. They also manufacture products for household and garden plants.

Chem Star ships its products to all of the lower 48 states and eight foreign countries. Chem Star has a packaging machine which includes a filling station, a cap tightening station, and a rotating table for smaller bottles. Chem Star fills many sizes of bottles from 2 ½ gallon containers to pint size on their mechanized equipment. By hand, Chem Star can also fill 5 gallon containers. All of the productions and products at Chem Star are checked and maintained at high standards. Not only because of the pride of the employees, but also because of the needs of the farmers, who require a better product. That product is made right here in Parma, Missouri.

With the help of management, employees, the farmers of today and the farmers of tomorrow, Chem Star will continue to grow toward a brighter future for everyone.

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The employees at both Chem Star and QMI display the American Flags on the Main Street/Hwy D through Parma for he holidays. Shown here are Dick Wyatt and Terry Kerr proudly hanging the American Flags.	Chem Star Agri Products, Inc. office and warehouse. This is located at the old Parma Lumber Company/Barton’s of Parma building. This building was purchased in 1996. Owners are Robert (Bob) Baker and Quincy Murphy.

On one wall, Terry displays the agri products that are packaged at Chem Star. The display has the empty jugs with labels on them as they would be packaged out as sold. The jugs are white with white lids except for the 5 gallon pails which are packaged out, and they are brown. The different colored labels help identify the different products.	Terry and Dick collect samples from each batch produced in the warehouse. Also the process of specific gravity check is preformed on the products. These gravity checks are accomplished to assure the accurate weight per gallon of the product prior to shipment.

Production Procedure

Jason Brannon is on the filling station and lids, and Dick Wyatt and Terry Kerr are boxing and stacking. Synurgize is being packaged for AgXplore, another company here in Parma. Synurgize is an absorption activator, an excellent fertilizer which enables the plant to be more receptive for the photosynthesis to assimilate the nutrients.

Terry is working on the assembly filling line in the warehouse. This is where the packaging of products is accomplished regardless of the container size, other than the bulk containers. Then they place the jugs in boxes and on pallets, and shrink wrap completed pallets for shipment.	Jason Brannon is monitoring the correct liquid levels on product in the containers. This is part of the assembly line in the warehouse where the packaging of products take place. Labels are placed on the containers before they are put on the assembly line. After the containers are filled to the correct level, they place the lids on and place the containers into the boxes.

This part of the assembly line is where the filled 2 ½ gallon jugs of Synurgize is coming through the cap/lid tightening machine.	The Synurgize containers are exiting the cap/lid machine. Last process before placing into the boxes for shipment.

Dick and Terry are at the end of the assembly line where the Synurgize is completely packaged then the containers are packaged into the shipping boxes.

Dick and Terry are placing the boxes/cases of finished Synurgize onto pallets, ready for shipment.

The empty 2 ½ gallon jugs, staged in the Chem Star warehouse waiting to be filled. By day’s end all of those will be filled and again on pallets to be shipped to all of the lower 48 states and eight foreign countries.