11:46 AM EST - Agrium Inc. : announced a number of transactions resulting in the establishment of 33 retail outlets in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, and they will now be branded under the Crop Production Services (Canada) Inc. name. Agrium has purchased the remaining crop nutrient assets which it did not previously own from five Engro franchise dealers and an existing joint venture, with 27 locations in southern and central Alberta and six locations in southern Saskatchewan. The retail outlets have annual revenues of about $162 million U.S. Agrium Inc.
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