Cultivating Excellence Fact Book 2015–2016

agrium retail: best in class
Agrium Retail
We operate the largest global direct-to-grower agricultural
retail distribution operation. As of December 31, 2015, Agrium
operated a network of 927 retail facilities in the United States,
276 retail facilities in Canada, 61 retail facilities in South
America and 198 retail locations in Australia.
Agrium’s Retail operations offer farmers a complete range of
seed, liquid and dry fertilizer products, primary crop protection
products including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides,
specialty nutrition products and biological crop supplements,
as well as a range of related services including Echelon tm
precision agriculture.
Agrium Retail Products
Crop Nutrients
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Purchasing advantages from our economies of scale;
Our integrated fertilizer application services provide
customers with expert advice and application services.
Crop Protection Products
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Seed
Purchasing advantages from our economies of scale;
Proprietary Loveland brand crop protection products.
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Rapidly growing seed and private label Dyna-Gro and
Proven Seed businesses;
Merchandise, Services and Other
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Merchandise includes fencing, feed supplements and
animal health products;
Services include product application, soil and leaf testing
and crop scouting through a proprietary service known as
Echelon tm , a precision agriculture technology platform
currently provided to ~35,000 grower customers on
over 21 million acres in the U.S. alone.
United States Canada South America Australia
Farm Centers 565 213 54 –
Satellites 289 52 3 –
Terminals 57 6 – –
Distribution Centers 12 5 – –
Plants 4 – 2 –
Warehouses – – 1 –
Retail Blending Facility – – 1 –
Company Owned – – – 169
Franchise – – – 29
Total 927 276 61 198
(Dec, 2015)
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