(Reuters) - Investor advisory company Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that investors in fertilizer producers Agrium Inc (>> Agrium Inc.) and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (>> Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc) support a merger of the companies.

The decision was distributed to ISS clients on Friday and sent to media on Monday. The combination would create a company with significant leverage, ISS wrote in its report.

(Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Chris Reese)

Stocks treated in this article : Agrium Inc., Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc