Our History
Our history in photographs.
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1931 Cominco
Cominco Ltd. enters fertilizer business.
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1954 Sherritt
Sherritt Gordon Fertilizers enters fertilizer business.
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1969 Vanscoy
Vanscoy Potash Operations opens.
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1983 Fort Saskatchewan
Fort Saskatchewan Alberta plant opens.
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1993 Cominco
Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. trades on TSE as separate company.
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1994 CPS
Crop Production Services (CPS) acquired.
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1995 Agrium
Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. changes name to Agrium Inc.
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1995 ASP
Argentina Farm Centers open.
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1995 WFS
Western Farm Services (WFS) acquired.
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1995 Nu-West
Nu-West Industries acquired.
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1996 Viridian
Viridian (Sherritt) fertilizer assets acquired.
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1996 NYSE
Agrium listed on NYSE.
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1999 Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing Phosphate Mine begins production.
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2000 Profertil
Profertil S.A. comes on stream.
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2000 Unocal
Unocal nitrogen fertilizer operations acquired.
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2004 Astaris
Astaris Production LLC assets (Nu-West's Conda, ID phosphate operation) acquired.
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2005 Engro
Western Canada fertilizer distribution assets (Engro) from Imperial Oil acquired.
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2006 Nu-Gro
Nu-Gro acquired.
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2006 Royster-Clark
Royster-Clark acquired.
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2006 Pursell
Pursell Technologies Inc. acquired.
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2007 Hanfeng
19.6 percent equity in Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. acquired.
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2007 ADM
32 locations from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) acquired.
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2008 UAP
United Agri Products (UAP) acquired.
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2008 Beijing
Beijing office opened.
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2008 Turf
Agronomics Division of Turf Care Products Canada Ltd. acquired.
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2008 CMF
70 percent equity in Common Market Fertilizers S.A. (CMF) acquired.
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2008 MOPCO
26 percent equity in the MISIR Oil Processing Co, S.A.E. (MOPCO) of Egypt acquired.
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2009 CPS
Agrium Retail consolidates all U.S.A. operations under Crop Protection Services (CPS).
