Agrium, Inc. (AGU)

[crowin]

Agrium Inc. pleased to announce today that they have received clearance from the United States' Federal Trade Commission and have now obtained all regulatory approvals required to close their proposed merger of equals transaction

[Panzer]

Negative, it's buy time

[Panzer]

Here we go!! Back in Agrium for ride upward

[Diogenes of Sinope]

Agrium and PotashCorp to Combine in Merger of Equals to Create a World-Class Integrated Global Supplier of Crop Inputs

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=72406894&symbol=POT

AGU---GLTA!

[jones99]

If market holds its act together and doesn't seal to South, the stock you need to add your portfolio for long

[Agy80]

Get out now this is going down fast.

[ernie44]

summers over --time to count the money

[Agy80]

Agriums retail outlet, CPS, is trying buy growers business by lower prices at the expense of their loyal customers. If that backfires on them this spring, this stock will tank.

[stockcrasher01]

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[Mike DD]

Record production in canada no?

[boo boo]

We gonna stay in the channel or bust up through it?

[boo boo]

I'm grateful to receive your very first post. Would you care to elaborate?

[celias]

Wow

[boo boo]

Were these the guys who left Canoptex last year?

[ECole]

Q3 cc transcript

http://www.earningsimpact.com/Transcript/84302/AGU/Agrium-Inc----Q3-2013-Earnings-Call

[boo boo]

Zack's #5 Rank Additions for August 21, 2013. Strong Sell...up $3.00 this morning. Go figure.

[boo boo]

Made nice bank from shares I bought during the raid. Cashed them in here.

[boo boo]

AGU better diversified. Jana prolly buying or will come out in their defense, IMO.

[TheFinalCD]

Potash makers getting creamed after lowered price outlook

July 30, 2013, 8:07 AM
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It’s shaping up to be a pretty ugly day for potash makers. On both sides of the Atlantic, companies are getting creamed with double-digit losses after Uralkali URALL , one of the world’s largest potash producers, cut its outlook for prices this year. The Russian company says it now expects increased competition, which could add pressure to prices, to the extent they’re likely to fall to $300 a ton by the end of the year — a drop of around 25%.

While potash isn’t something most people come across in everyday life, it’s an important component in crop fertilizers.

That prediction wasn’t taken lightly by investors, who responded by heavily selling anything with a potash tag on it. Shares of Uralkali itself sank 23%, Germany’s K+S DE:SDF -21.64% tanked 24% and ICL-Israel Chemicals slid 18%.

The downward dip rolled over U.S. potash businesses too. In U.S. premarket trade, shares of Mosaic MOS -26.48% slumped 23%, Agrium AGU -7.03% lost 13%, while Canada’s Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan POT -23.35% dropped a whopping 24%.

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[boo boo]

One has to wonder if Jana was buying this up yesterday. Maybe they're not waiting for $90. Still a nice downtrend and sector very unfavorable, last I checked.

[boo boo]

Very interesting afternoon session. Stair steps down then blast off. Looks best on a 2 minute chart.

[boo boo]

Rail freight down on coal and agriculture shipments.

[boo boo]

Jana keeps pressing. Where's the leadership? Dump retail biz.

[boo boo]

Corn production down 13% from 2011. Lowest production since 2006.

[boo boo]

MOS will create a buying opportunity today, IMO.

[boo boo]

Hee hee. Read the news that came out yesterday. Again, I'm with Jana on this one. Decide for yourself. Ag ego's run amuck!

[boo boo]

Jana is right. AGU needs to focus on core competencies. This would easily be a $200 stock. Look at CF and TNH. All IMHO of course!

[boo boo]

Looks toppy on a Potash upgrade. Am looking to purchase AGU puts.

[boo boo]

Fear is rampant. I'm gonna quit eating along with the rest of the world! Capitulation in this sector?

[TradeBaron]

Analysts suggest an approximate upside of over 50 percent for AGU shares. The stock is currently trading at 7.8 times estimated annual earnings. http://editorial.equities.com/financial/sell-agriculture-stocks/

[boo boo]

Pro Framers report: yields to be sharply lower due to drought, hail and heat. Received this inofrmatin second hand, so I do not believe report takes into consideration Hurricane Irene!

[dealorfx]

holding this for that $115 target pps......

[boo boo]

Revenue Blowout...Nice!

[boo boo]

Archer Daniels Midland sees global demand for crops to remain strong.

[boo boo]

Coming into Lateral Support here. Trend support around 85. They report on Feb 9. I think it'll be a good quarter for them. Found another stock here not followed by other I-Hubbers, another positive!

[analogdog]

The next Potash?

[analogdog]

Agrium Successfully Completes Acquisition of UAP
Wednesday May 7, 5:35 pm ET

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(MARKET WIRE)--May 7, 2008 -- ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN U.S.$

Agrium Inc. (Toronto:AGU.TO - News) (NYSE:AGU - News) announced today that it has successfully completed its acquisition of UAP Holding Corp. (NasdaqGS:UAPH - News) at a price of $39.00 per share in cash.

Pursuant to the merger agreement, dated December 2, 2007, between Agrium, UAP and Utah Acquisition Co., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Agrium, Utah Acquisition has been merged with and into UAP, with UAP continuing as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Agrium. The merger of UAP with Utah Acquisition follows the successful completion of the tender offer by Agrium U.S. Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Agrium, for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of UAP at a price of $39.00 per share in cash. The tender offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Friday, May 2, 2008.

As a result of the merger, each share of common stock of UAP issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger (other than any shares in respect of which appraisal rights are validly exercised under Delaware law and any shares owned by UAP, Agrium or any of their wholly-owned subsidiaries) has been converted into the right to receive the same $39.00 in cash per share, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, that was paid in the tender offer.

With the completion of the merger, UAP's shares of common stock will cease to be traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

About Agrium

Agrium Inc. is a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in both North and South America and a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products. Agrium produces and markets three primary groups of nutrients: nitrogen, phosphate and potash as well as controlled release fertilizers and micronutrients. Agrium's strategy is to grow through incremental expansion of its existing operations and acquisitions as well as the development, commercialization and marketing of new products and international opportunities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations. These risk factors relative to these statements include: that the transaction may not be timely completed, success in achieving anticipated synergies and accretion, reliance on UAP's publicly available information, success in integrating the retail distribution systems, and the integration of supply chain management processes, as well as other risk factors listed from time to time in Agrium's reports and comprehensive public disclosure documents including Agrium's Annual Information Form, and in other Agrium filings with securities commissions in Canada (on SEDAR at www.sedar.com) and the United States (on EDGAR at www.sec.gov).

[analogdog]

Should pull ack a little though.

[analogdog]

Has some left IMO.

[analogdog]

Moved nicely.

[analogdog]

Waiting on bottom. Nice dollar volume here.