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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/31/11 -- Agrium Inc. (TSX: AGU) (NYSE: AGU) announced today it is hosting an investor conference in Denver (Inglewood), Colorado the afternoon of June 20th, with an associated tour of an Agrium CPS Retail chemical formulation facility the morning of June 21st.

Presentations will take place on June 20th in the afternoon and include an introduction and overview by Mike Wilson, Agrium President and Chief Executive Officer. Other key executives and management personnel will discuss Agrium's Retail, Wholesale and Advanced Technologies businesses, covering an update to our growth plans and the outlook of our business.

To register and to obtain more information on the conference, visit Agrium's website at www.agrium.com.

A webcast of the formal presentations will be available on Agrium's website live or in replay mode at www.agrium.com. The webcast of the presentations will begin at 12:30 p.m. MT, June 20, 2011.

About Agrium

Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and the premier supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America through our Advanced Technologies business unit. Agrium's strategy is to grow across the value chain through acquisition, incremental expansion of its existing operations and through the development, commercialization and marketing of new products and international opportunities. Our strategy places particular emphasis on growth opportunities that both increase and stabilize our earnings profile in the continuing transformation of Agrium.