CALGARY, Alberta -- Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) announced today that Mr. Mike Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Chemicals Conference in New York on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 10:25 a.m. ET.

Agrium will host a live audio webcast of the presentation at www.agrium.com, which will be approximately 35 minutes in length.  The presentation will be archived on Agrium’s website for 14 days.

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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