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November 2, 2018 CapitalPress.com 11 Boshart Trucking continues support of Expo the three days of the event. During the past several years, Boshart Trucking also has sponsored transportation for FFA members during the Wednesday FFA activities, she said. “That’s our main purpose,” By GEOFF PARKS For the Capital Press Shelly Boshart and Mac- ey Wessels bought Boshart Trucking from Shelly’s father and mother, Stan and Lori Boshart, on July 1, thus ensur- ing the Tangent, Ore., com- pany will endure as a family operation into the foreseeable future. Stan Boshart and his broth- er, Gene, started the company in 1983. And, Shelly Boshart said recently, they will also con- tinue the company’s nearly decade-long relationship with the Willamette Valley Ag Expo. “We have a vendor space at one of the larger booths when you first walk into the Expo,” she said of the Nov. 13-15 event. “Our main purpose there is for meeting with grow- ers, of which we have about 35 she said, “just to have a pres- ence there (at the Expo).” Boshart said that as new owners, she will still do mar- keting and sales for the ex- panding company, while Wessels will concentrate on operations. “We’re excited to be able to continue on with our compa- ny’s success and still keep with its values of hard work, com- munity and family,” Boshart said. “That’s what we’ve really been based upon and what we will continue doing.” Geoff Parks/For the Capital Press Macey Wessels and Shelly Boshart are the new owners of Boshart Trucking in Tangent, Ore. throughout the valley that we bale grass straw for.” Boshart Trucking has over the years gradually moved into custom grass straw bal- ing, then formed a division — PressCo — to compress bales for the export market. Today, Boshart Trucking hauls over 50,000 metric tons of grass seed straw from sur- rounding fields each harvest season, with about two-thirds of it being baled by one of their crews. The remaining straw is baled by others hired through a third company division, BOSSCO Trading LLC. “At Expo,” Boshart said, “our main purpose is to have a place where we can see all the growers at one time, because most of them will come in at one time or the other” during WVAG18-1/110 WVAG18-3/106 WVAG18-3/106