CALGARY, Alberta -- Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) announced today that the 2006 Annual Report, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are now available on the company’s website, www.agrium.com.  The document is also available on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov, and the Canadian Securities Administers’ web site at www.sedar.com.  

Agrium completed its first certification confirming the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and had no material weaknesses to report. 

About Agrium

Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North and South America, a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and the premier supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America through our Advanced Technologies business unit.  Agrium’s strategy is to grow across the value chain through acquisition, incremental expansion of its existing operations and through the development, commercialization and marketing of new products and international opportunities.  Our strategy places particular emphasis on growth opportunities that both increase and stabilize our earnings profile in the continuing transformation of Agrium.

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