Agricore United Finalizes Acquisition of Saskatchewan Crop Input Retailers

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(CCNMatthews - Feb. 1, 2007) - Agricore United (TSX:AU) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of Green Acres Fertilizer Service (Major) Inc., Green Acres Chemical Ltd. (collectively Green Acres) and Kerrobert Agro Services Ltd. (Kerrobert), two full service crop production businesses in western Saskatchewan. The acquisition was previously announced on December 14, 2006. The acquisition will complement Agricore United's existing grain operations at Kindersley, Provost and Wilkie, Saskatchewan.