Pattison Group buys Maple Farm Equipment, JayDee Equipment dealerships

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Published: May 15, 2014

Jim Pattison Group of Vancouver has entered the agricultural equipment business in a big way.

Canada’s largest privately held company has bought two Saskatchewan-based John Deere dealerships with multiple locations this year.

Maple Farm Equipment, founded in 1964 in Yorkton and with locations in Preeceville, Balcarres, Wynyard, Foam Lake, Moosomin and Russell, Man., changed hands in February.

As of May 1, JPG acquired JayDee AgTech based in Swift Current.

JayDee formed in 2009 with the merger of several dealerships in Swift Current, Maple Creek, Kyle, Kindersley, Leader, Unity, North Battleford, Humboldt and Kelvington to become the largest privately held John Deere dealership in Canada.

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JayDee’s website states management and staff will be retained and operational decisions will continue to be made locally. Existing stores will continue, and the transition will be seamless.

The current partners, Duane Smith, Boyd Hofmann and Robin Hayes, remain at the helm.

“While the decision to sell was a very difficult one at the start, we are very confident that we have made the correct decision and selected a new owner that will continue in our values of excellent customer service, staff support and development, being the best implement dealer to the agricultural industry, supplying the best equipment, parts and service and growing for the future to meet the needs of our producer partners,” said the statement.

Jimmy Pattison is the sole shareholder of JPG. Originally from Luseland, Sask., his father was a John Deere dealer in the early 1900s.

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Karen Briere

Karen Briere

Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

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