GAR Bennett, a full-service ag retail company based in Reedley, Calif., announced on Dec. 20 that it is expanding to Dos Palos, Calif., in March 2022 following a recently executed long-term strategic partnership with Spain Air Inc., an aerial application business headquartered in Dos Palos.
Both companies will operate under the GAR Bennett name, with the initial focus on crop care and crop nutrition advice, followed by other services scheduled to launch in 2023. The Dos Palos Expansion is spearheaded by Bill Hume, Director of Retail Sales and Procurement for GAR Bennett; Sean Mahoney, Director of Agronomy and Farm Technology; and Kurtis Douglas, Director of Business Development.
“We look forward to this very exciting opportunity to expand into the Dos Palos regional market,” said Tyler Bennett, Co-CEO of GAR Bennett. “We have a great strategic partner in Randy Spain, some of the world’s best farmers in the local area, and wonderful people that reside in western Merced and Madera counties. We will commit to servicing growers in the best way possible to help them continue to feed the world in this changing and difficult industry.”
According to its website, GAR Bennett provides crop protection, crop nutrition, regulatory compliance, food safety, agronomy, integrated water systems, farm technology, wastewater management, large-scale water systems, and gopher management products and services from seven California locations following an expansion in 2021 to a second site in Kern County and the merger between GAR Tootelian Inc. and Bennett Water Systems on Jan. 1, 2020 (GM Nov. 27, 2019).
The company’s primary trade area encompasses the Central San Joaquin Valley, including Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties.