Agricore United and Proven® Seed are making it even more attractive for farmers to grow Proven Seed forages and use Agricore United crop nutrition and crop protection products to optimize their forage stands. The company is continuing to offer its 100 percent replacement guarantee - Proven Seed Performance Promise PLUS on their proprietary forage line during Forage Bonus Days.

Proven Seed Performance Promise™ PLUS is a pledge to farmers that their seed purchase will establish and result in a healthy forage stand. Forage customers who purchase proprietary Proven Seed products will have access to additional benefits on various products including Roundup Ultra® and AGROTAIN®, an alternative to ammonium nitrate, as well as services from Norwest labs.

"This offer is being rolled out as a result of renewed optimism in the livestock sector," says Harold Schmaltz, Vice President, Crop Production Services, Agricore United. "Producers are also looking for alternatives to Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer since Ammonium Nitrate has been pulled off the market, and Agricore United has solutions to meet our customers' individual farming needs."

Agricore United forage customers have always been able to take full advantage of the company's knowledge and service on quality crop nutrition and crop protection products, helping to ensure a top quality forage stand.
In 2006, customers will have an opportunity to win great prizes, including one year's unlimited use of a MacDon 5020 mower conditioner.

The Proven Seed division tightly controls production and processing of all proprietary forages and knows every seed lot very well, right from high generation parent seed to the certified seed. The combination of working with the best seed breeders, testing for seed purity numerous times through the seed cleaning and conditioning process and testing more than any other seed company reduces Agricore United's risk in offering the Proven Seed Performance Promise PLUS program. It is this rigorous testing procedure that gives Proven Seed and Agricore United the confidence to continue offering this "mother nature guarantee".

Producers interested in more information should contact their local Agricore United representative or visit www.agricoreunited.com/forageoffer; Forage Bonus Days ends March 31, 2006.

Agricore United is one of Canada's leading agri-businesses. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company uses its expertise to provide innovative, relevant and customer focused crop and livestock production solutions to farmers in western Canada. Through it's Prairie-wide network of ISO 9001:2000 and HACCP compliant grain handling and crop input facilities and port terminals in Vancouver and Thunder Bay, Agricore United provides a secure and reliable pipeline from farmer customers to domestic and global end-use markets. Agricore United 's shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "AU.LV".