Insights and Stories on Agrium

Agrium’s CPS agrees to shed four Alberta retail sites

Sep. 4, 2016 at 5:29 am CDT

Agrium’s Crop Production Services (CPS) arm will need to sell four ag retail sites in eastern Alberta to close on its deal to buy an independent western Prairie retail chain. The federal Competition Bureau on Thursday announced an agreement with CPS dealing with the company’s planned purchase of Andrukow Group […]

Fertilizer merger faces easier approval at home than in U.S.

Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

By diane-bartz John Tilak

PotashCorp, Agrium merger would send farmers to regulators

Aug. 31, 2016 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer Rod Nickel

Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

Aug. 30, 2016 at 12:29 pm CDT

By Staff

Agrium’s Vanscoy potash operations suspended

Aug. 9, 2016 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Reuters

Fertilizer price slump chops profits at Agrium, CF

Aug. 3, 2016 at 7:52 pm CDT

Reuters — Two of North America’s biggest fertilizer companies reported large drops in quarterly profit on Wednesday, and warned of tough times ahead as abundant supplies weighed on prices. At U.S. nitrogen producer CF Industries, second-quarter profit fell 87 per cent — more than expected — and it warned prices […]

By Rod Nickel

Agrium to buy Cargill’s U.S. ag retail business

Jul. 6, 2016 at 1:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain trader Cargill has agreed to sell its ag retail business in the United States to crop input seller and distributor Agrium, the companies said Wednesday. Calgary-based Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of crop inputs such as seed, fertilizer and pesticides, will acquire 18 […]

By Karl Plume

Canpotex shelves plans for Prince Rupert terminal

Jun. 17, 2016 at 6:25 pm CDT

Reuters — Canpotex, the potash export sales arm for PotashCorp, Mosaic Co. and Agrium, said Friday it would not build a planned shipping terminal at Prince Rupert in British Columbia. Canpotex said the decision was based on economic and commercial considerations and that its export capacity in Vancouver, Saint John […]

By Reuters

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

Jun. 8, 2016 at 4:26 pm CDT

Reuters — Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of products for crop producers, could benefit if some of the biggest makers of seed and agricultural chemicals merge, CEO Chuck Magro said on Wednesday. Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina […]

By Rod Nickel

CPS to seek buyer for Sask. farm supply outlet

May. 3, 2016 at 7:02 pm CDT

A deal for Agrium’s Crop Production Services (CPS) to buy a crop input retail chain in north-central Saskatchewan will require the company to sell off a retail outlet and a pair of its storage sites. The federal Competition Bureau on Monday announced it has an agreement with CPS over its […]

By Staff

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