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north america marketsCanadaCanada is the 7 th largest consumer of crop nutrientsworldwide and is the world largest exporter of potash.Nutrient consumption in 2013 was 2.5, 0.8 and 0.4million metric tonnes for nitrogen, phosphate and potashrespectively. In 2013, crop protection product sales were$2.0 billion and seed sales were over $1.0 billion. Intotal Canada has over 110 million acres of arable land;Western Canada has over 59 million acres of planted area,generating over 71 million tonnes of product. Top crops byproduction in Western Canada are wheat, canola, barleyand oats.United StatesThe United States has the 3 rd highest consumption ofcrop nutrients and is the world 2 nd largest importer of cropnutrients. Nutrient consumption in 2013 was 11.9, 3.9and 4.3 million metric tonnes for nitrogen, phosphate andpotash respectively. In 2013, crop protection product saleswere $7.4 billion and seed sales were over $12.6 billion.The US has over 382 million acres of arable land with 95million acres planted for corn producing 14.0 billion bushelsin 2013.agrium north america retailCrop Production Services ("CPS")nnnnLargest direct-to-grower agricultural retail operation;Provides a wide range of agribusiness products andservices to farmers;Echelon, our precision agriculture technology platformcurrently provided to ~31,000 growers on over 19 MMacres in the US alone;Over 1,200 retail facilities under the name CPS.Source: IFA World Potash Capacities 2014, June 2014, IFA World Processed Phosphates Capacities 2014, July 2014, IFA World Ammonia Capacities 2014, June 2014, PhillipsMcDougall, AMIS Global, CANSIM Table 001-0010, Statistics Canada, January 2015, USDA WASDE-537, January 2015, FAOSTAT14 Agrium FACT BOOK 2015