agu tsx agu s & p tsx 60 component industry chemicals agriculture founded 1931 headquarters calgary alberta canada area served worldwide key people victor j. zaleschuk director chairman of the board chuck magro president & ceo products agricultural products and services revenue us 16.0 billion 2014 1 operating income 3.6 billion 2014 1 net income 720 million 2014 1 total assets 17.1 billion 2014 1 total equity 6.7 billion 2014 1 number of employees 15 500 2014 1 divisions agrium retail agrium wholesale subsidiaries agrium u.s. website agrium.com agrium inc. is 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 . agrium was founded as cominco fertilizers limited short for consolidated mining and smelting company limited 2 in 1931 and changed its name to agrium incorporated in 1995 . agrium is headquartered in calgary canada . crop production services inc. a subsidiary company is based in loveland colorado and is the location of agrium s retail business unit head office . the company is a part owner of canpotex which manages all potash exporting from saskatchewan . 3 contents 1 business units 1.1 retail 1.2 wholesale 2 environmental and social impacts 3 references 4 external links business units edit agrium operates in two business segments retail edit agrium operates 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 . 4 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 . 5 this acquisition additions to the retail division of agrium . roughly 40 % of the awb holdings were sold to cargill including the commodity management business . 6 in october 2013 agrium announced the acquisition of viterra s canadian retail assets 7 after previously acquiring viterra retail locations in australia . 8 wholesale edit the wholesale segment produces nitrogen phosphate potash and sulphur based fertilizers . this segment also owns and operates 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 engages in the ownership of nitrogen based fertilizer plants in bah a blanca argentina and in damietta egypt . agrium and saskatoon based potashcorp announced their merger on september 12 2016 . the new company will be headquartered in saskatoon . 9 environmental and social impacts edit in 2006 the u.s. epa fined 10 agrium us 750 000 for violations of the clean air act . unpermitted modifications to the ohio nitrogen products plant resulted in excessive releases of nox . the us epa report states that these nitrogen oxides cause severe respiratory problems contribute to childhood asthma acid rain climate change smog and haze and impairs visibility in national parks . emissions from nitric acid plants can be carried significant distances downwind causing air quality problems ... the plant in question was acquired in october 2006 during the takeover of royster clark . in 2003 agrium was issued an administrative compliance order for excessive emissions at a kennewick washington plant . 11 agrium discovered the violations at the kennewick facility through a comprehensive clean air act audit of the facility in late 2000 . agrium promptly reported the audit findings to epa under epa s policy on incentives for self policing also referred to as the self disclosure policy . in 2005 agrium was fined for failure to disclose release of toxic gases at this same plant . 12 an agrium ammonia urea plant is listed by the alaska department of environmental conservation as a contaminated site due to spillage of ammonia arsenic and other contaminants . 13 references edit a b c d e f annual report 2014 . retrieved 2008 10 07 . http www.michaelkluckner.com bciw4blaylock.html canpotex limited complete profile . industry canada . 2009 06 18 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . http www.agrium.com ext annual report 2014 agrium completes acquisition of awb . retrieved 2011 11 12 . agrium sells awb commodity management business to cargill . retrieved 2011 11 12 . http www.agcanada.com daily agrium seals deal for viterra retail chain http www.reuters.com article 2013 09 05 us glencore viterra idusbre98411p20130905 potash corp. agrium agree to merger that would create 36b agriculture giant . cbc news . 2016 09 12 . retrieved 2016 09 12 . agrium royster clark clean air settlement civil enforcement compliance and enforcement us epa archived april 8 2009 at the wayback machine . agrium u.s. faces clean air act violations in kennewick newsroom us epa kennewick fertilizer plant issued 24 575 penalty for late reporting of hazardous gas release newsroom us epa alaska department of environmental conservation contaminated sites database cleanup chronology report for unocal agrium ammonia urea plant archived july 27 2011 at the wayback machine . accessed december 2010 external links edit companies portal media related to agrium at wikimedia commons official site v t e s & p tsx 60 companies of canada february 22 2016 agnico eagle mines agrium arc resources bank of montreal barrick gold bce inc. blackberry bombardier brookfield asset management cameco canadian imperial bank of commerce canadian national canadian natural resources canadian pacific canadian tire cenovus energy cgi group constellation software couche tard crescent point energy dollarama eldorado gold emera enbridge encana first quantum minerals franco nevada fortis inc. gildan goldcorp husky energy imperial oil inter pipeline kinross gold loblaw companies magna 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