Tough farm conditions right time for Potash merger -Agrium CEO
September 20, 2016 at 11:36 AM EDT
Sept 20 (Reuters) - Plunging crop and fertilizer prices may not have hit rock bottom yet, and the market's weakness makes it the right time to merge leading farm input suppliers, the chief executive officer of Agrium Inc said on Tuesday, making his pitch to skeptical investors for a $26 billion union with Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc.