About Agrium
Agrium is a major retailer 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. Agrium produces and markets all three primary groups of
nutrients: nitrogen, phosphate and potash, as well as controlled-release fertilizers and micronutrients.
Agrium is the only publicly traded company that is integrated from mining the raw materials for fertilizer
production through to selling to growers. We are the largest direct-to-grower agricultural retailer in the
United States. We also supply materials that a variety of industries use to produce goods such as mining
explosives, household products, pulp and paper, fiberboard and aluminum.
Agrium is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act. We are headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol AGU. As of December 31, 2007 Agrium had a market capitalization of more than $11 billion, and had 158 million shares outstanding. Approximately 56 percent of our shareholders are in Canada, 34 percent in the United States and ten percent in Europe and the rest of the world.
How We're Structured
Our Wholesale unit operates in North and South America. We produce, market and distribute crop nutrients for agricultural and industrial customers around the world.
Our Retail unit operates in North and South America, and sells seed, crop protection products, fertilizers and services directly to growers. Our farm retail centres operate under the names Crop Production Services and Western Farm Service in the United States, and Agroservicios Pampeanos in Argentina and Chile.
Our Agrium Advanced Technologies unit produces and markets controlled-release nutrients, micronutrients and plant protection products for sale to the agriculture, professional turf and ornamental markets primarily in North America.
A variety of corporate functions provide support and services to the three business units. The corporate functions also provide oversight from a functional perspective and coordinate company-wide governance and strategy.
The following major changes occurred since our last report as a result of our strategies to invest across the value chain, diversify geographically and achieve low wholesale cost: