agrium is one of north america's largest and most diversified producers of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulfate fertilizers. prior ot going public in 1993, the company was a division of cominco and marketed under the name cominco fertilizers. since then, revenues have grown from $290 to $1.9 billion. significant investments contributing to this revenue growth include:
1993: acquisition of crop production services, adding retail revenues of $319.
1994: acquisition of western farm service, adding retail revenues of $310
1997: acquisition of nu-west industries, adding phosphate revenues of $103 million.
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