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Agrium

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Defunct agricultural product retail supplier

Agrium Inc. was a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and a supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America. In 2018, Agrium merged with PotashCorp to form Nutrien.3 Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol AGU.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1931Founded1

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  • TickerAGU on NYSE1
  • IndustryAgricultural Chemicals1
  • HeadquartersCalgary1
  • Legal formbusiness corporation1
  • Listed onNew York Stock Exchange (AGU), Toronto Stock Exchange1
  • Business address13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., Calgary, A0 T2J7E86
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer6
  • LEI549300ETZ2H2VN8K12434
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address13131 Lake Fraser Drive South East, T2J 7E8 Calgary, Canada4

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Agrium Inc. was a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and a supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America.3

Corporate structure

Agrium is part of a group headed by Nutrien. 6 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Agrium reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net$7.1B8 Dec 31, 2017$6.8B8 Dec 31, 2016+4.0%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$466.0M8 Dec 31, 2017$412.0M8 Dec 31, 2016+13.1%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$2.2B8 Dec 31, 2017$2.1B8 Dec 31, 2016+6.3%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$518.0M8 Dec 31, 2017$566.0M8 Dec 31, 2016−8.5%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$3.3B8 Dec 31, 2017$3.2B8 Dec 31, 2016+2.8%

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Agrium was founded as Cominco Fertilizers (short for Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company) in 1931 and changed its name to Agrium in 1995. Agrium was headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Crop Production Services, Inc., a subsidiary company, was based in Loveland, Colorado and was the location of Agrium's Retail Business Unit head office. The company was a part-owner of Canpotex, which manages all potash exporting from Saskatchewan.

On September 12, 2016, Agrium announced that it had agreed to merge with PotashCorp, which will make the combined company, Nutrien, the largest producer of potash and second-largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer worldwide. Agrium divested certain U.S. assets. The merger closed on January 1, 2018.

From Wikipedia’s article on Agrium, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Products and brands

  • agriculture

Listed on Wikidata.1

Agrium operated in two business segments:

Retail

Agrium operated close to 1,500 retail agricultural centres in the U.S., Canada, South America and Australia under the brand names Crop Production Services (CPS), Crop Production Services Canada (CPSC), Agroservicios Pampeanos S.A. and Landmark. Crop Production Services was acquired in 1994.

On December 3, 2010, Agrium announced the completion of the acquisition of the Australian Wheat Board for a total acquisition price of $1.236-billion Australian dollars. This acquisition added to the retail division of Agrium. Roughly 40% of the AWB holdings were sold to Cargill, including the Commodity Management Business.

In October 2013, Agrium announced the acquisition of Viterra's Canadian retail assets, after previously acquiring Viterra's retail locations in Australia.

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Wholesale

The Wholesale segment produced nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and sulphur-based fertilizers. This segment also owned and operated a potash mine and production facility in the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy No. 345 in Saskatchewan, Canada, and a phosphate mine in Conda, Idaho, U.S.

The Wholesale segment engaged in the ownership of nitrogen-based fertilizer plants in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and in Damietta, Egypt.

From Wikipedia’s article on Agrium, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1931Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Agrium is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARAGRIUM INC2
  • CIK0000943003
  • Employer ID (EIN)98-03462482
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)2870 Agricultural Chemicals2
  • Business address13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., Calgary, A0 T2J7E82
  • Mailing address13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., -------, Calgary, A0 T2J7E82
  • Phone403 225-70002
  • Shares outstanding0 as of Dec 31, 20178
  • On EDGAR sinceAug 16, 19952
  • Filings921 in all: 6-K (513), 425 (79), SC TO-T/A (67), 11-K (56), SC 13G/A (31), SC 13G (24), 40-F (17), SC 13D/A (16)2
    All 40 form types

    SUPPL (16), DFAN14A (11), F-X (9), UPLOAD (9), CORRESP (8), F-10 (7), FWP (7), S-8 (6), 8-A12B/A (5), F-10/A (5), EFFECT (4), F-4/A (4), SC 13D (3), SC TO-C (3), 25-NSE (2), 40-F/A (2), SC TO-T (2), 11-K/A (1), 15-12B (1), 25 (1), DEFC14A (1), F-4 (1), F-9 (1), F-9/A (1), POS AM (1), PREC14A (1), PRRN14A (1), RW (1), S-8 POS (1), SC 14D1 (1), SC 14D1/A (1), SC13E4F (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (40-F) Feb 26, 2018

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