CALGARY, Alberta -- Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) announced today that Mr. Bruce Waterman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer will be presenting at the Bank of America BASics/Industrials Conference in New York on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 2:20 p.m. ET.

Agrium will host a live audio webcast of the presentation at www.agrium.com, expected to be approximately 40 minutes in length.  The presentation will be archived on Agrium’s website for one year.

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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