Agrium, Viterra donate to Australia flood relief

Calgary-Agrium Inc. recently announced that it will donate $100,000 on behalf of Landmark, its newly-acquired rural services company, to the Australian Red Cross. Landmark Managing Director Richard Norton said the Red Cross is a vital organization in many rural areas around Australia and involves many rural people as volunteers. “Landmark has an extensive local presence and an interest in assisting farmers and rural communities wherever they can, so we hope this donation from Agrium will provide considerable benefit through the Red Cross,” he said. “Plainly this flood crisis is still developing, with months of the wet season yet to run and issues occurring in other parts of the country. Landmark will be working at the local level in all affected areas in the months ahead to assist people in recovering from this situation.” Viterra Inc., another Canadian company that has recently made acquisitions in Australia, said it has recently raised $7,500 in Canada for flood relief efforts in Australia.