The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) presented several awards at its annual conference in Edmonton, AB, on Feb. 6-8. The Retailer Hall of Fame Award went to Garth MacDonald, CEO of G-Mac’s AgTeam Inc. in Kindersley, Sask. G-Mac’s is an agricultural retailer with 15 locations in Saskatchewan, which now operate as Simplot Grower Solutions facilities following a recent acquisition by Boise-based J.R Simplot Co. (GM Jan. 13, p. 27).
CAAR’s Ag Retailer of the Year Award, sponsored by Sherritt International, went to Louis Bossaer of Blair’s Family of Companies in Lanigan, Sask. The Agronomist of the Year Award, sponsored by Nutrien, went to Ray Redfern of Redfern Farm Services Ltd., an ag retail business headquartered in Brandon, Man., with 12 Manitoba locations.
Rahul Patel of Pioneer Cooperative Association Ltd. in Swift Current, Sask., was another Agronomist of the Year Award recipient, sponsored by BASF. The awards were presented by CAAR Executive Director Mitch Rezansoff at a Feb. 7 banquet at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton. Approximately 120 registrants attended the three-day conference.