General Info

In 1967, Robert Hockett branched out from full-time farming, joined with Allied Chemical and became one of the first liquid fertilizer distributors in the Willamette Valley.Then in 1976, Hockett teamed up with 4 other local farmers to form Marion Ag Services Inc. Two years later, Hockett bought out his partners and Marion Ag Service became the largest distributor of Ashgrove Lime in western Oregon.