Agrium to acquire Viterra outlets

Agrium Inc. reports that it has entered into a Consent Agreement with the Canadian Competition Bureau and thereby cleared the Canadian competition review process in order to proceed with the acquisition of Viterra Inc.’s Canadian retail assets. Agrium will acquire approximately 210 retail stores across Western Canada, in addition to 13 Viterra retail locations in Australia which were acquired in June. For more details, see the Green Markets Web-Edition Friday afternoon Sept. 6.