Meet the Team

Mike became the President and CEO of Calcium Products in 2013. Prior to this role, he spent 24 years with John Deere holding positions in engineering, operations, and business. Mike most recently led John Deere’s North American utility tractor business in Augusta, Georgia. He also spent three years in the Netherlands leading John Deere’s European sprayer business and helped secure double-digit growth.

Mike is an Iowa native with experience on his family’s farm. Mike earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 2002 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1989. Mike and his family live in Ames, Iowa.

Jeff joined Calcium Products as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2015. Prior to Calcium Products, Jeff developed and grew the Iowa sales territory for Specialty Fertilizer Products (SFP), now Verdesian Life Sciences. He spent ten years at Channel Bio starting first as a district sales manager which led to leadership roles managing all aspects of a sales system including recruitment and coaching of the sales team, marketing, customer service, and distribution. Jeff started his career at FC Coop, now Landus Cooperative in Iowa in 1996 as a feed and livestock marketing specialist.

Jeff has a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Education from Iowa State University and is an active member of his family farm near Winterset, Iowa.

Leading our production team is Greg Walstrom, plant manager at Gilmore City. Greg has been with Calcium Products since 2003 and works every day to ensure our operations team works safely, manufactures products to quality specifications, and manufacturers enough product to meet our customers’ growing demand.

Jeff joined Calcium Products in 2012 with an extensive history in agricultural sales including fertilizer, seed, and equipment. Most recently, Jeff worked as a district sales manager in Iowa for Nachurs-Alpine Solutions, an industry leader in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium liquid fertilizer. Jeff started his career and spent 17 years with American Cyanamid Co., contributing to the company’s aggressive growth in crop protection products.

Jeff graduated from Iowa State University in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business. He was raised on a farm in western Iowa and currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

Phone: 515-490-5853

Brian Easland came to Calcium Products in 2017 with more than 20 years of ag sales and marketing experience collaborating with growers, retailers, consultants, and distributors. He supports our customers in Nebraska and Kansas. He recently managed his own crop consulting business and also worked with Syngenta Crop Protection in northeast Nebraska for nine years. He worked for Agrilliance, now WinField United, for eight years in North Dakota and Nebraska.

Brian earned a degree in Agricultural Business from South Dakota State University in 1994. Brian is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys sports and attending his kids’ activities. He lives with his family near Norfolk, Nebraska.

Phone: 402-860-9743

John has been with Calcium Products since 2014 and is responsible for the company’s sales in southern Illinois and Missouri. John has a wide array of experiences in ag sales and operations. He joined us after working for various agriculture retail businesses selling crop production inputs and crop insurance. John spent the first 29 years of his career with GROWMARK member companies as a crop specialist and sales and marketing manager.

He grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin and graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He currently lives in Okawville, Illinois.

Phone: 217-474-3291

Dena graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture in 2009. Dena is bringing 12 years of agronomy experience to our team with strengths in agronomy sales and independent crop consulting. She has worked at various agriculture companies throughout her professional career, the most recent ones being Synergy Cooperative and Crop IMS (A division of Growmark FS). In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her family and spending time sailing.

Dena grew up on an organic dairy farm near Baldwin, Wisconsin and currently resides in Glenwood City, Wisconsin with her husband and two children.

Phone: 715-977-7465

Brett Meador currently lives in Lanark, Illinois and joined our team as our new Northern Illinois Territory Sales Manager in 2023. Brett graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in Agronomy. He previously worked as a precision agriculture and crop specialist.

In his free time, Brett enjoys hunting, farming, and cheering on the Iowa State Cyclones.

Phone: 815-541-5489

Glen started with Calcium Products in 2008, bringing with him a wealth of experience and knowledge in row crop production. He supports customers across our sales territories providing agronomic consultation and technical product training. Prior to becoming a part of the Calcium Products team, Glen worked in ag retail for about five years as a sales agronomist, location manager, and agronomy manager.

Glen holds two degrees in Agronomy. He graduated from Iowa State University with his bachelor’s in 1993 and completed his master’s in 2013. He is also a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) and Certified Professional Agronomist (CPAg).

Lacey joined the Calcium Products team as a sales and marketing intern in 2017. Upon graduating from Iowa State University in 2017 with a degree in Agricultural Communications, Lacey was hired on full-time.

She grew up on a farm in central Iowa and now farms with her husband near Gowrie, Iowa.

Laurie joined the Calcium Products team in 2022. She graduated from DMACC and Northwest Missouri State and works out of the Ames office on order entry and billing. Laurie currently lives in Story City, Iowa and enjoys spending time with her family and cheering on the Iowa State Cyclones.

Patty has been with Calcium Products since 2022. She graduated from William Penn University and has taken over as our logistics coordinator. Patty can be found sourcing trucks and rail cars out of the office in Ames. In her free Patty enjoys going off-roading with Jeeps, crafting, and visiting wineries. Patty currently resides in Ames, Iowa.