Agrium Inc. NYSE: AGU TSX: AGU engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products and services, and nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets in the United States and Argentina. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange publicly held and listed under the symbol NYX on its own exchange. ... “TSX” redirects here. ...

Agrium operates through four segments: Retail, North America Wholesale, South America Wholesale, and Specialty Products. Retail segment provides fertilizers, crop protection products, seeds, and agronomic services to farmers. As of December, 31, 2005, this segment owned and operated 254 retail centers in the United States, Argentina, and Chile. North America Wholesale segment provides nitrogen-based fertilizers, sulphur, and phosphate-based fertilizers. This segment also engages in the ownership and operation of potash mine and production facility at Vanscoy No. 345, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a phosphate mine in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Traditional Eastern European Farmer Woman. ... Fertilizers are chemicals given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil or by foliar spraying. ... Potash Potash (or carbonate of potash) is an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts. ... The Rural Municipality of Vanscoy No. ... Kapuskasing (2001 population 9,238) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario, Canada. ...

In addition, it owns and operates micronutrient facility at Reese, Michigan. South America Wholesale segment engages in the ownership and operation of nitrogen-based fertilizer plant in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Specialty Products segment engages in the manufacture and sale of nitrogen fertilizers, fertilizer, and pest control products for professional turf market, including golf courses and lawn care companies; and for structural pest control industry, including pest control in residential and commercial structures in Canada. This segment markets its products through a network of distributors in Canada. The company was founded as Cominco Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1931 and changed its name to Agrium, Inc. in 1995. Agrium is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Reese is a village in Denmark Township, Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Bah a Blanca is a city in eastern Argentina in Buenos Aires Province and a seaport at the head of the Bah Blanca (White Bay - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). ... Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ...

Financials

• Named one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada

External

• Official site