# Nutrien Ltd.

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## Overview

Nutrien Ltd. is a Canadian agricultural inputs company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It produces potash, nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers and sells crop nutrients, seed, crop-protection products and agronomic services to farmers through its Nutrien Ag Solutions retail business. Its stated purpose is “Feeding the Future.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P38771124)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P17203396)[3](https://www.nutrien.com/about)

Nutrien’s production operations are concentrated in North America, with nitrogen facilities also in Trinidad; its retail network serves growers in North America, South America and Australia. Formed in 2018 through the merger of Agrium and PotashCorp, the company reported US$26.9 billion in sales for 2025 and lists approximately 25,100 employees. [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P83077391)[5](https://www.nutrien.com/news/press-releases/agrium-and-potashcorp-merger-completed-forming-nutrien-a-leader-in-global-agriculture-1551)[6](https://www.nutrien.com/news/press-releases/nutrien-reports-full-year-2025-results-and-provides-2026-guidance-1741)[7](https://www.nutrien.com/)
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## Products & services

Nutrien’s manufactured fertilizer products include potash, nitrogen and phosphate. Its potash range includes granular and standard products. Nitrogen products include ammonia, urea, nitrogen solutions, nitrates and sulfates, as well as Environmentally Smart Nitrogen (ESN), a polymer-coated urea fertilizer. Its phosphate products include solid and liquid fertilizers and products for industrial and animal-feed uses. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T12206120)[10](https://products.nutrien.com/docs/811)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P104238952)

Through Nutrien Ag Solutions, the company sells dry and liquid crop nutrients, including macro- and micronutrients, specialty fertilizers and proprietary liquid micronutrients. It also supplies crop-protection products for managing weeds, pests and diseases, alongside third-party and proprietary seed lines. Examples of proprietary offerings include Loveland’s ACCOMPLISH MAX plant-nutrition product and Dyna-Gro seed. Services include fertilizer and crop-protection application, soil and leaf testing, crop scouting, precision agriculture, water services, brokerage and agricultural financing. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T10350333)[13](https://lovelandproducts.com/products/plant-nutrition/at-plant/accomplish-max)[14](https://www.nutrien.com/news/stories/loveland-products-expands-house-seed-breeding-scope-be-available-select-nutrien)

In 2024, crop nutrients accounted for approximately 40% of reported Retail sales, crop protection 35%, seed 13%, and services and other revenue 5%. These are shares of Retail sales, not consolidated company revenue; Nutrien does not separately disclose sales by individual product brand. [15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T7540550)
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## Geographic presence

Nutrien is headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Its agricultural retail network serves growers across North America, South America and Australia, with operations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Australia. Its potash operations are concentrated in Saskatchewan; its nitrogen facilities are primarily in North America, with an operation in Trinidad and an investment in an Argentine producer. Its phosphate mines and processing plants are in Florida and North Carolina, with other phosphate facilities in the U.S. Midwest and Ohio. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P22107434)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P17203396)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6605247)[18](https://www.nutrien.com/about/our-business/retail)

By customer location, Nutrien’s 2024 sales were US$15.9 billion in the United States, US$3.3 billion in Australia and US$2.9 billion in Canada—approximately 61%, 13% and 11%, respectively, of its US$26.0 billion total. The geographic sales presentation also identifies Brazil and Trinidad, while reporting Canpotex separately rather than assigning those sales to an end-market country. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T9769531)
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## Business segments

Nutrien reports four operating segments: Retail, Potash, Nitrogen and Phosphate. Retail distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seed and merchandise, and provides agronomic services and financing through operations in North America, South America and Australia. The other three segments produce and sell products grouped by their primary nutrient: Potash; Nitrogen, including ammonia, urea and nitrogen solutions; and Phosphate, including fertilizer and industrial and feed products. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P119289296)[21](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725964/000119312526081326/d56746dex9931.pdf)

Based on 2025 sales to external customers, Retail accounted for approximately 65% of consolidated sales ($17.6 billion), Nitrogen 14% ($3.8 billion), Potash 13% ($3.6 billion) and Phosphate 6% ($1.7 billion). The remaining approximately 1% was reported in Corporate and Others, which includes non-core businesses. These percentages use consolidated sales as the denominator and therefore do not sum to 100% across the four operating segments. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T3594751)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P119289296)
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## Company history

Nutrien’s history begins with two predecessor companies. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan was established as a provincial Crown corporation in 1975. Cominco Fertilizers changed its name to Agrium in 1995; Agrium later expanded its agricultural retail business by acquiring AWB, including its Australian Landmark operations, in 2010. [23](https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/ecc/EC22-3-1986-303-eng.pdf)[24](https://had.aer.ca/link/application35420)[25](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943003/000095012310110678/o67002exv1.htm)

Agrium and PotashCorp combined on January 1, 2018, to form Nutrien Ltd., with both companies becoming subsidiaries of the new parent. Chuck Magro became its first president and chief executive officer. In 2019, Nutrien acquired Australian agricultural services company Ruralco and combined it with its Landmark business, extending its retail operations in Australia. [26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P106075450)[5](https://www.nutrien.com/news/press-releases/agrium-and-potashcorp-merger-completed-forming-nutrien-a-leader-in-global-agriculture-1551)[27](https://www.nutrien.com/news/press-releases/nutrien-announces-close-of-ruralco-acquisition-1476)
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