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Agrium CEO Michael Wilson.
Agrium CEO Michael Wilson.
(TODD KOROL/REUTERS)

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Agrium CEO sets out to answer Jana’s questions

Now that Agrium Inc. chief executive officer Michael Wilson is on the road talking to shareholders, he believes he has all the answers he needs to fend off an assault from activist shareholder Jana Partners.

Jana is a New York fund that has been agitating to split Agrium, and to install five new directors on its board with more experience in running retail businesses such as Agrium’s farm products operations. So far, Agrium has largely let Jana do all the talking.