The agronomist so nice, he was nominated twice

Recently at the Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) Conference and Annual Meeting held in London, Ont., Brett Evans (centre), was recognized with the CCA Award of Excellence for Ontario in 2025. Kim Glenney and John Hussack nominated Brett for his outstanding commitment to the Agricultural Community and his Agronomic knowledge. ~ Submitted photo

By Luke Edwards

In a province as big as Ontario, there are always going to be a lot of worthy recipients for any industry award.

But when two people independently nominate the same person for the same award, you know you’ve got someone special. And that’s how John Hussack described Brett Evans, who won this year’s Certified Crop Advisor award of excellence for Ontario.

“What makes Brett eligible for the CCA award of excellence is his amazing knowledge of agriculture and how he can relate it to his farmer customers,” Hussack said.

Hussack, a former winner of the prestigious award that recognizes top agronomists in the province, said he’s known Evans since he started his career working out of Dunnville. With a humble attitude, wide breadth of knowledge and an otherworldly ability to keep his farmer clients happy even when they’re facing the tight timelines and high pressures of the growing season, Hussack said Evans was the epitome of what the award was created to recognize.

And it turns out, Kim Glenney had some fairly similar thoughts.

“Bret is the first person in the Certified Crop Advisors organization who was nominated by two different people in the same year,” Hussack said.

And even though he and Glenney know each other quite well, Hussack said they had no idea they were each nominating Evans.

After starting his career in Dunnville, Evans has bounced around a bit, but recently returned to the Niagara region, where Hussack said he’s well known among farmers.

“And if you talk to any of them, they speak extremely highly of Brett as far as his knowledge, his work ethic is incredible,” Hussack said.

“He’s just a humble person, he would never brag or boast about anything. He’s quite incredible.”

Evans received the award at a CCA conference and banquet held earlier this winter.