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Agrium - Shareholder Peace And Higher Returns Ahead
Safety In Value • Mon, Jun 3 • 4 Comments
Agrium: Essential To Food Production And A Good Addition To Your Portfolio
Richard Tarjeft • Mon, May 20 • 8 Comments
Better Alternatives For Agrium While JANA Dispute Lasts
Nick Chiu • Fri, Apr 12 • 4 Comments
Agrium - A Top Pick In Agriculture
Price Point • Tue, Mar 12
Agrium Reports Another Record Year. Have Fertilizer Stocks Hit A Cyclical Top?
The Mays Report • Mon, Feb 25
Agrium: Inside The Numbers
Jeff Williams • Fri, Dec 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Agrium And CF Industries: Our Top 2 Shale Boom Plays
Stock Whisper • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 3 Comments
Jana Fires Another Salvo At Agrium
Chris Damas • Wed, Nov 21, 2012
Drought And Delays In Potash Contracts Stifle Earnings But Outlook For Agrium Remains Positive
Qineqt • Wed, Nov 14, 2012
Not Surprised By Agrium's Travails
Chris Damas • Wed, Nov 7, 2012 • 12 Comments
This Fertilizer Stock Has Good Upside Potential
Efsinvestment • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 6 Comments
An Upgrade For Agrium We Agree With
Qineqt • Thu, Sep 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Agrium Share Repurchase Has Dubious Rationale
Chris Damas • Tue, Sep 11, 2012 • 21 Comments
Status Quo At Agrium A Concern
Chris Damas • Wed, Aug 22, 2012 • 10 Comments
Agrium A Buy Either Way
Chris Damas • Thu, Aug 16, 2012 • 14 Comments
Understanding Agrium: Is Jana Right About Retail?
Maple Markets • Thu, Aug 16, 2012 • 9 Comments
Agrium's Results At High End Of Guidance Range
Valuentum • Tue, Jun 12, 2012 • 1 Comment
Positive Guidance Should Power Agrium
Bret Jensen • Tue, Jun 12, 2012 • 1 Comment
Agrium's Q1 Retail Sales Show Strong Growth While Fertilizer Revenues Stagnate
The Mays Report • Thu, May 10, 2012 • 5 Comments
Agrium: A Bearish Play On Natural Gas?
Maple Markets • Wed, Apr 25, 2012 • 12 Comments

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Fear Of Chinese Urea Exports Dampens U.S. Nitrogen Equities
Chris Damas • Mon, Jun 17 • 10 Comments
Rentech Nitrogen Partners: Investors With An Eye Only On The Sky Might Miss Something
Rochelle Jenks • Mon, Jun 17 • 45 Comments
It May Be Time To Get Serious About Potash Corp.
Gary Bourgeault • Fri, May 24 • 7 Comments
Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners' Top Picks
Insider Monkey • Wed, May 22
Mosaic: Increasing Leverage And Suspending Expansion?
Nick Chiu • Tue, May 14
Industry Ranks May 2013
David Merkel • Mon, May 6 • 5 Comments
4 Solid-Yielding Stocks That Have Hiked Payouts By At Least 24% A Year For The Last 5 Years
Arie Goren • Fri, May 3
Cramer's Lightning Round - The Chinese Have Pulled Back From Solar (4/29/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Tue, Apr 30
5 Undervalued Dividend Stocks With Strong Profitability
Dividendinvestr • Sun, Apr 28 • 12 Comments
What Is Going On With Potash Corp.?
Efsinvestment • Wed, Apr 24 • 5 Comments
For Canadian Agricultural Chemicals Dividend Growth: Potash Or Agrium?
Canadian Dividend Growth Investor • Tue, Apr 23 • 9 Comments
The Low Down On Nitrogen Producers
Chris Damas • Wed, Apr 17 • 17 Comments
Low Potash Prices Not A Concern For Potash Corp.
Delian Naydenov • Mon, Apr 15 • 9 Comments
Top Notch Long-Term Dividend Growers
Howard Reisman • Tue, Apr 9 • 20 Comments
Shale Boom Sparks Regional Fertilizer Revival
Fundamental Analyst • Wed, Mar 27 • 4 Comments
Made In America: Re-Industrialization For Sustainable Economic Growth
Investment Biker • Tue, Mar 26 • 4 Comments
5 Canadian Value Stocks Paying Dividends
TopYields • Tue, Mar 19 • 3 Comments
Monster Beverage And Potash: Improving Signs, High Margins And Steady Cash Flow
Nick Chiu • Mon, Mar 11 • 4 Comments
Arianne: A Review Of Company Resources
Mobile Guru • Mon, Mar 11 • 1 Comment
Agriculture Plays: ETFs Vs. Stocks
Stocks & Shares • Tue, Mar 5 • 3 Comments

Agrium Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 9
Agrium's Management Hosts 2013 Annual General Meeting (Transcript)
Tue, Apr 9
Agrium's CEO Presents at 2nd Annual BofA Merrill Lynch Global Agriculture Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Feb 27
Agrium's Management Presents at Goldman Sachs 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Feb 26 • 1 Comment
Agrium Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Feb 22 • 2 Comments
Agrium Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 7, 2012 • 1 Comment
Agrium Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Agrium Incorporated. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 5, 2010
Agrium Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 9, 2010
Agrium Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, Sep 20, 2008

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Agrium Sets the Record Straight

Marketwire (Mar 22, 2013)
JANA Partners Releases Supplement To Proxy Advisor Presentation

PR Newswire (Mar 21, 2013)
Agrium Issues Shareholder Letter and Posts CEO Video to Website

Marketwire (Mar 21, 2013)
Agrium Issues Shareholder Letter and Posts CEO Video to Website

Marketwire (Mar 21, 2013)
Agrium Exposes JANA's Deceptive Share Price Performance Analysis and Break-Up Agenda

Marketwire (Mar 20, 2013)
Agrium Exposes JANA's Deceptive Share Price Performance Analysis and Break-Up Agenda

Marketwire (Mar 20, 2013)
Proxy Fight: Why Activists May Be Good for Investors

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Cramer: Nighty Night for 'Nightmare' Stocks?

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Agrium Responds to JANA Press Release; Says JANA Offers Nothing New; JANA's Campaign has Zero Credibility and is Certain to Fail

Marketwire (Mar 7, 2013)
Agrium Responds to JANA Press Release; Says JANA Offers Nothing New; JANA's Campaign has Zero Credibility and is Certain to Fail

Marketwire (Mar 7, 2013)
JANA Continues to Mask Plan to Break Up Agrium

Marketwire (Mar 7, 2013)
JANA Continues to Mask Plan to Break Up Agrium

Marketwire (Mar 7, 2013)
Agrium Urges Shareholders to Vote the WHITE Proxy FOR Agrium's Director Nominees

Marketwire (Mar 4, 2013)
Agrium Urges Shareholders to Vote the WHITE Proxy FOR Agrium's Director Nominees

Marketwire (Mar 4, 2013)
Agrium Declares Dividend

Marketwire (Feb 22, 2013)
Agrium Declares Dividend

Marketwire (Feb 22, 2013)

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Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Agricultural Chemicals

Country: Canada

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Monday, June 10, 7:07 PM Allana Potash (ALLRF.PK), the developer of a $642M potash mine in Ethiopia, says predictions of a global oversupply of potash are overblown because forecasts include mines that aren’t yet in production and may be shelved or canceled because of rising construction costs. Cantor Fitzgerald shares the view: "The fears come from the fact that there is overcapacity, but there certainly isn’t oversupply." 2 Comments [Commodities]
Monday, June 3, 8:01 PM Agrium (AGU) says it's suspending work on a $3B plant in the Midwest to focus on finding a partner to share the cost. The company cites competing projects by a number of rivals as well as the uncertainty of long-term natural gas costs for the decision to pull back. It's also suspending plans for a nitrogen plant in Redwater, Alberta. Shares -0.5% AH. Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, June 3, 3:43 PM Agrium (AGU -1.1%) says it is suspending plans for a proposed $3B fertilizer plant in the U.S. midwest and expansion plans for a plant in Alberta. AGU says the many similar projects in the works and the uncertainty of long-term natural gas costs caused it to pull back. AGU will focus on completing expansion of its Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, potash mine through 2014. Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, May 13, 7:25 PM Moody's predicts "historically low" natural gas prices will remain for some time because North America's shale-drilling revolution is "deeply entrenched." If right, that's bad news for the likes of Encana (ECA) and other natural gas producers but more encouraging for Agrium (AGU) and other ammonia and methanol producers that will enjoy "lower natural gas input costs." 1 Comment [Energy]
Thursday, May 9, 9:29 AM More on Agrium's (AGU) Q1 results: Retail sales to farmers fell 13% to $2.1B. Wholesale sales of nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilizer slipped to $1.1B from $1.2B. Expects strong demand for crop inputs in H2 despite a shortened spring season for applying fertilizer. Guides Q2 EPS of $4.60-$5.40 vs. $5.29 analyst consensus. Says it will buy back up to 5% of its stock. Shares +0.3% premarket. Comment! [Commodities, Earnings]
Thursday, May 9, 7:38 AM Agrium (AGU): Q1 EPS of $1.03 misses by $0.08. Revenue of $3.22B misses by $0.25B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, May 9, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AES, AGU, ALR, AM, AMRC, APA, BAM, BCE, CBB, CNSL, CTB, CVC, DF, DISH, DNDN, GLP, GTIV, IRC, KEM, KIOR, MEA, NPSP, OWW, PCP, SNE, SNSS, SPH, SRPT, TK, TNK, VICL, VNDA, WAC, WFR, WIN, WWAV, XRAY Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 8, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AES, AGU, ALR, AM, AMRC, APA, BAM, BCE, CBB, CNSL, CTB, CVC, DF, DISH, DNDN, GLP, GTIV, IRC, KEM, KIOR, MEA, NPSP, OWW, PCP, SNE, SNSS, SPH, SRPT, TK, TNK, VICL, VNDA, WAC, WFR, WIN, WWAV, XRAY Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 18, 3:44 PM The fertilizer plant explosion in Texas could prove a long-term benefit to some companies in the sector, since it could slow the building up of new nitrogen fertilizer capacity in the U.S. and provide a competitive boost to entrenched producers such as CF Industries (CF +3%), Potash (POT +0.8%) and Agrium (AGU +1.1%), Citigroup says. 11 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Wednesday, April 10, 11:43 AM Concerns that Jana Partners could unload its 7.5% stake in Agrium (AGU -0.4%) after losing the battle of the boardroom may weigh on the stock in the near term. The "Jana premium" investors have discounted will subside with an AGU break-up off the table, National Bank says in cutting its price target to $87. Piper Jaffray cuts AGU to Neutral, mostly on "over-arching sector concerns of downward trending corn prices." Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, April 9, 3:09 PM Agrium’s (AGU -2.2%) directors win re-election, fending off a dissident slate of nominees from Jana Partners. Jana accuses AGU of revoking votes for Jana’s nominees to win the proxy battle, claiming two of its five candidates would have been elected if not for maneuvering by AGU. 1 Comment [Commodities, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 9, 2:13 PM Agrium (AGU -2.3%) shares sink as the company announces a delay at its annual general meeting. Shareholders are voting on replacing select board members, which follows a proxy fight with top shareholder Jana Partners; votes will be announced in ~45 minutes. Shares had been higher after a $0.50/share dividend was declared. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]
Monday, April 8, 10:56 AM Hedge fund Jana Partners says two of its five candidates appear to have gained enough votes to join Agrium's (AGU +1.4%) 12-member board. The 7.5% shareholder says its candidates appear to have attracted a combined 59M votes, with results of the proxy battle scheduled for release at AGU's annual general meeting tomorrow. 2 Comments [Commodities]
Friday, April 5, 11:38 AM Canada's Pension Plan Investment Board says it supports Agrium’s (AGU -0.9%) board nominees ahead of next week's shareholder meeting, in a blow to activist investor Jana Partners. "The dissident’s nominees do not represent the best alternative for optimizing long-term value creation, particularly in light of Jana’s proposed director compensation structure," CPPIB says. Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, April 1, 12:49 PM Jana Partners accuses Agrium (AGU -1.1%) of making inappropriate payments to win shareholder support, in an increasingly bitter proxy battle that comes to a head next week. "Not only does this strategy belie Agrium's claims of broad shareholder support... [it is] an affront to basic notions of good governance," the hedge fund says. AGU says the payments are appropriate and common in Canada. 1 Comment [Commodities]
Wednesday, March 27, 10:25 AM The battle for board seats at Agrium (AGU -3.2%) grew more complex overnight, as proxy advisory firm ISS endorsed two dissident nominees while Glass Lewis backed AGU’s entire slate. "A board still loudly repudiating the very changes it has begun to implement... is a board with a burgeoning credibility problem," ISS writes; "ISS simply got this one wrong," AGU responds. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]

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http://bit.ly/Zyc1Zn A new low by an issuer - JANA Partners Notifies Shareholders Of Agrium Vote Buying Strategy $AGU #corpgov
Apr 2, 1:34 PM
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ltfinger
Today's Returning Downgrades (3/14/13): $AGQ, $AGU, $TCK, $VRA
Mar 15, 9:38 AM
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TruffelPig
Shorted AGU - planed until December
11/9/12
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The Oxen Group
5 Stocks To Trade, What's Next for Market - Market wrap, bullish trades on $AGU $CAT, bearish trades on $CRM $OIH $SPY
10/22/12
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The Oxen Group
$AGU looking very strong after doubling dividend. We are looking to add $LONG tomorrow on a break above today's HOD. http://stks.co/dCl7
10/22/12
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The Oxen Group
Time To Buy $GOLD and $SILVER: November Shows Historical Strength - Analysis on $GLD $ABX $AGU $SLV $GDX http://stks.co/gDbz
10/22/12
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7 Stocks Trade Setups On Unusual High Volume http://bit.ly/RRzWkh AGU FHN OPEN SPLK AUO HAS PBCT
10/22/12
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The Mays Report
Afternoon Commodities Report from Allendale for September 24, 2012 http://wp.me/p16pXm-3Xa CORN SOYB WEAT CF RNF MOS POT AGU
9/24/12
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Afternoon Commodities Report from Allendale for September 21, 2012 wp.me/p16pXm-3WK CORN SOYB WEAT CF UAN MOS RNF POT AGU
9/21/12
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Soybeans Hit $17.94! Afternoon Report from Agriculture.com for September 4, 2012 http://wp.me/p16pXm-3To SOYB CORN CF RNF UAN POT AGU MOS
9/4/12
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realornot: bad for Vegans!
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The Mays Report
Soybeans Hit All-Time High of $17.84 In Early Trading http://wp.me/p16pXm-3T2 MOS POT AGU UAN RNF
9/4/12
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Master Che: BTW - you guys do nice work ...research
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The Mays Report: Thank you. That's nice to hear. As always, when analysis reveals something, it will be reported.
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Afternoon Commodities Report from Allendale for August 28, 2012 http://wp.me/p16pXm-3Qu CORN WEAT MOS POT AGU CF
8/28/12
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DaLatin: gracias
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The Mays Report: UAN as well. Hopefully we can stay under the 140k limit.
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Morning Commodities Report from Allendale for April 5, 2012 http://wp.me/p16pXm-2HU corn MOS POT AGU CF
4/5/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: POT........Long.
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The Mays Report: Keep your eye on everything you need to be watching and good luck.
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The Grain Portion of Allendales Weekly Broker Strategy Session. http://wp.me/p16pXm-2Gc corn MOS POT AGU
4/2/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: I staying long DE & POT, Good Luck & Thanks.
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The Mays Report: Not making a recommendation, just sharing information. Ag chemicals my coverage area. Differing views are what makes a market. Good Luck.
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China Buys 120,000 Metric Tons of Soybeans for Delivery During 2012/2013 Marketing Year http://wp.me/p16pXm-2Cu $MOS $POT $AGU
3/27/12
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realornot: soy sauce!
3/27/12
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The Mays Report: LOL. yes. about 4 uses if non-fermented, 3 if fermented. base use is vegetable oil, oil for industrial use and animal feed.
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Soybean Exports & Sales for Week Ending March 15, 2012 http://bit.ly/GORkos MOS POT AGU
3/22/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: DE.......Jimmy Rodgers says big boys buying mega-farms, Long.
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