Bolt Marketing Team

DuWayne Bosse has an extensive background in agriculture growing up on his family farm in northeast South Dakota.  He attended South Dakota State University and graduated with a degree in General Agriculture.  In 2001 he started a commodity branch office in Britton, South Dakota, which eventually turned into Bolt Marketing LLC.  DuWayne is also a partner in Bosse State Line Farms, which farms land in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota.


Jeffrey Mills grew up enjoying agriculture on his family farm in west-central Minnesota near Clinton.  He attended North Dakota State University graduating with degrees in Plant Protection and Crop & Weed Science.  After graduation in 2000, he worked in Britton, South Dakota, as a sales agronomist before joining DuWayne Bosse in the commodity trading business and Bosse State Line Farms in 2002.

Ryan Wagner earned a degree in mechanical engineering from South Dakota State University in 2003. He worked at Daktronics, then for Tyson Meats before returning to the farm. He grew up helping his dad, Terry, on the farm and always knew he would return.  The Wagners use a rotation of 40 percent corn, 40 percent soybeans and 20 percent spring wheat on their farm. Their operation has been 100 percent no-till since the late 1980s or early 1990s.  Wagner also is a commodity broker. He was a member of the sixth class of the South Dakota Agricultural & Rural Leadership program, is a member of Farmers Union, an investor in Glacial Lakes Energy and serves as president of his church council.  When he has spare time, he likes to bow hunt and fish when possible, and also read. He and his wife, Kerri, have three children: Grady, Anna and Harrison.

Christopher Larsen grew up on his family farm in southeastern South Dakota where he continues working with his dad; raising corn, soybeans, and fat cattle. He attended South Dakota State University and graduated in 2008 with a degree in Ag Business. With a passion for the markets, Chris began trading in 2010. In May 2014, he became a licensed commodity broker and joined the Bolt Marketing team by opening a branch office in his hometown of Viborg, SD. He has exceled greatly as a commodity broker and is constantly studying and learning new market strategies to increase his knowledge. When not studying technical charts, Chris enjoys working outside on the farm, riding snowmobile, camping, hunting, and spending time with his wife.

Micheal Dunse spent his childhood either in the tractor or working with the animals on the family farm near Lakefield, MN. He graduated with a degree in Finance from Southwest State University in Marshall, MN and immediately started a career helping farmers; first as an ag lender for 20 years and more recently as a crop insurance agent since 2011 located in Northeast South Dakota. He joined Bolt Marketing in 2018 and runs the Webster Crop Insurance office as a licensed agent in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. With his ag financial background and crop insurance experience, Mike understands how crop insurance and farm financials work together to benefit producers. Mike is a Webster City Council member and enjoys hunting, fishing and coaching basketball. He and his wife Stacey Dunse, also a crop insurance agent in the Webster branch, have three sons: Ty, Tayne and Trey. Stacey grew up on a dairy farm in Beadle County and has an English degree from Southwest State University, Marshall, MN. She handles the advertising and data entry for the crop insurance division.
 

Becky Harstad grew up on a farm near Frankfort, SD where her family raised corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle and pigs. She graduated from SDSU with a degree in Agriculture Education and a minor in Animal Sciences. Becky has been a Series 3 licensed commodity broker for 10 years and manages the Wilmot Branch of Bolt Marketing. She and her husband, Arne, have lived and farmed in Wilmot for 10 years where they raise corn, soybeans and wheat. This farm experience allows her to fully understand the importance of sound risk management for her customers as she is experiencing the ups and downs of the markets alongside them. In addition to brokerage services, Becky offers a cash marketing program under the company Whetstone Commodities from her farm office. She serves on the Roberts County FSA Committee and the Wilmot Lutheran Church Council. Becky's hobbies include reading, photography, riding horse, and, by how much time she spends doing it, laundry is apparently a favorite pastime as well. Becky and Arne's four kids Lorn, Harper, August and Eden help with the creation of laundry, chicken chores and are always in the field and around the farm with them.