Exhibit 10.iii.(q)




                         EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS  AGREEMENT  between IMC Global Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"), and E. Paul Dunn (the "Executive"), is made as of the  13th
day of July, 1999, to become effective as provided below.

WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to attract  and  retain  well-qualified
executives and key personnel and to assure itself of the continuity  of
its management.;

WHEREAS,  the  Executive is an officer or other key  executive  of  the
Company with significant management responsibilities in the conduct  of
its business;

WHEREAS,  the  Company  recognizes that the  Executive  is  a  valuable
resource  of the Company and the Company desires to be assured  of  the
continued services of the Executive;

WHEREAS,  the Company is concerned that in the event of a  possible  or
threatened  change in control of the Company, uncertainties necessarily
arise and the Executive may have concerns about the continuation of his
employment status and responsibilities and may be approached by  others
offering  competing employment opportunities, and the Company therefore
desires  to  provide the Executive assurance as to the continuation  of
his employment status and responsibilities in such event;

WHEREAS,  the Company further desires to assure that, if a possible  or
threatened change in control should arise and the Executive  should  be
involved in deliberations or negotiations in connection therewith,  the
Executive would be in a secure position to consider and participate  in
such  transaction as objectively as possible in the best  interests  of
the  Company and to this end desires to protect the Executive from  any
direct or implied threat to his financial well being;

WHEREAS,  the  Executive is willing to continue to serve  as  such  but
desires assurance that in the event of such a change in control he will
continue  to have the employment status and responsibilities  he  could
reasonably  expect absent such event and that in the event  this  turns
out  not  to  be  the  case he will have fair and reasonable  severance
protection on the basis of his service to the Company to that time.

NOW,  THEREFORE,  it  is hereby agreed by and between  the  parties  as
follows:

      1.    Operation  of  Agreement.   The  "effective  date  of  this
Agreement"  shall  be  the date on which a change  in  control  of  the
Company  (as described in Section 2) occurs.  This Agreement shall  not
become  effective, and the Company shall have no obligation  hereunder,
if  the  employment of the Executive with the Company  shall  terminate
prior to a change in control of the Company.  The Executive shall  have
no  right on account of this Agreement to be retained in the employ  of
the  Company  or  to  be  retained in any particular  position  in  the
Company, unless and until a change in control has occurred.

      2.   Change in Control.  The term "change in control" shall mean,
and be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more
of the following conditions have been satisfied.

           (a)   the acquisition by any individual, entity or group  (a
     "Person"), including any "person" within the meaning of Section 13
     (d)(3)  or  14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act  of  1934,  as
     amended  (the "Exchange Act"), of beneficial ownership within  the
     meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act,  of  15%
     or  more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock
     of  the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or,  (ii)
     the  combined  voting power of the then outstanding securities  of
     the  Company  entitled  to  vote  generally  in  the  election  of
     directors   (the   "Outstanding   Company   Voting   Securities");
     excluding,  however, the following:  (A) any acquisition  directly
     from  the  Company (excluding any acquisition resulting  from  the
     exercise  of an exercise, conversion or exchange privilege  unless
     the  security  being  so  exercised, converted  or  exchanged  was
     acquired  directly from the Company); (B) any acquisition  by  the
     Company,  (C)  any  acquisition by an employee  benefit  plan  (or
     related  trust)  sponsored or maintained by  the  Company  or  any
     corporation  controlled by the Company or (D) any  acquisition  by
     any  corporation  pursuant to a transaction  which  complies  with
     clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this definition;

           (b)  individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute  the
     Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
     constitute  at least a majority of such Board; provided  that  any
     individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the
     date  hereof  whose election, or nomination for  election  by  the
     Company's  stockholders, was approved by the vote of  at  least  a
     majority  of  the  directors then comprising the  Incumbent  Board
     shall  be  deemed  a member of the Incumbent Board;  and  provided
     further,  that  any  individual who was  initially  elected  as  a
     director  of  the Company as a result of an actual  or  threatened
     election  contest,  as  such terms are  used  in  Rule  14a-11  of
     Regulation  14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or  any  other
     actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or  on
     behalf  of any Person other than the Board shall not be  deemed  a
     member of the Incumbent Board;

           (c)   approval  by  the stockholders of  the  Company  of  a
     reorganization,  merger  or  consolidation  or   sale   or   other
     disposition  of  all or substantially all of  the  assets  of  the
     Company   (a  "Corporate  Transaction");  excluding,  however,   a
     Corporate  Transaction pursuant to which (i) all or  substantially
     all  of the individuals or entities who are the beneficial owners,
     respectively,  of  the Outstanding Company Common  Stock  and  the
     Outstanding  Company Voting Securities immediately prior  to  such
     Corporate   Transaction  will  beneficially   own,   directly   or
     indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the outstanding shares
     of  common stock, and the combined voting power of the outstanding
     securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally  in  the
     election  of  directors, as the case may be,  of  the  corporation
     resulting  from  such  Corporate Transaction  (including,  without
     limitation,  a  corporation which as a result of such  transaction
     owns  the  Company  or all or substantially all of  the  Company's
     assets  either directly or indirectly) in substantially  the  same
     proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately
     prior  to  such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding  Company
     Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the
     case  may  be,  (ii)  no  Person (other than:   the  Company;  any
     employee  benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or  maintained
     by  the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company;  the
     corporation  resulting from such Corporate  Transaction;  and  any
     Person  which  beneficially  owned,  immediately  prior  to   such
     Corporate Transaction, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of  the
     Outstanding  Company  Common  Stock  or  the  Outstanding   Voting
     Securities as the case may be) will beneficially own, directly  or
     indirectly,  25% or more of, respectively, the outstanding  shares
     of  common  stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate
     Transaction  or  the  combined voting  power  of  the  outstanding
     securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally  in  the
     election of directors, and (iii)  individuals who were members  of
     the  Incumbent  Board will constitute at least a majority  of  the
     members  of  the  Board of Directors of the corporation  resulting
     from such Corporate Transaction; or

          (d)  approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of
     complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

      3.    Employment.   The  Company hereby agrees  to  continue  the
Executive  in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain  in
the  employ of the Company, for the period commencing on the  effective
date  of  this Agreement and ending on the earlier to occur of (a)  the
last  day  of  the month in which occurs the third anniversary  of  the
effective  date of this Agreement or (b) the last day of the  month  in
which  the Executive attains mandatory retirement age pursuant  to  the
terms  of  a mandatory retirement plan of the Company as such  were  in
effect  and  applicable  to  the Executive  immediately  prior  to  the
effective date of this Agreement (the "Employment Period").  During the
Employment  Period,  the  Executive shall exercise  such  position  and
authority  and  perform such responsibilities as are commensurate  with
the  position and authority being exercised and duties being  performed
by  the  Executive  immediately prior to the  effective  date  of  this
Agreement, which services shall be performed at the location where  the
Executive was employed immediately prior to the effective date of  this
Agreement  or  at  such  other location as the Company  may  reasonably
require;  provided that the Executive shall not be required  to  accept
any  such other location that he deems unreasonable in the light of his
personal circumstances.


     4.   Compensation and Benefits.  During the Employment Period, the
Executive shall receive the following compensation and benefits:

    (a)   He  shall receive an annual base salary which is  not  less
    than  his  annual base salary immediately prior to the  effective
    date  of this Agreement, with the opportunity for increases, from
    time  to  time  thereafter  which  are  in  accordance  with  the
    Company's regular executive compensation practices.

    (b)   He  shall be eligible to participate on a reasonable basis,
    and  to continue his existing participation, in annual incentive,
    stock  option, restricted stock, long-term incentive  performance
    plans,  and any other incentive compensation plan which  provides
    opportunities to receive compensation in addition to  his  annual
    base  salary,  which  are the greater of  (i)  the  opportunities
    provided by the Company for executives with comparable duties  or
    (ii)  the  opportunities under any such plans  in  which  he  was
    participating  immediately prior to the effective  date  of  this
    Agreement.

    (c)   He shall be entitled to receive and participate in salaried
    employee  benefits (including, but not limited to, medical,  life
    and   accident   insurance,  investment,  stock  ownership,   and
    disability  benefits) and perquisites which are  the  greater  of
    (i)  the  employee  benefits  and  perquisites  provided  by  the
    Company  to  executives  with  comparable  duties  or  (ii)   the
    employee benefits and perquisites to which he was entitled or  in
    which he participated immediately prior to the effective date  of
    this Agreement.

    (d)   He  shall be entitled to continue to receive service credit
    for  retirement benefits and to be entitled to receive retirement
    benefits  under  and  pursuant to  the  terms  of  the  Company's
    qualified  retirement  plan  for  salaried  employees   and   any
    successor or other retirement plan or agreement in effect on  the
    effective  date  of this Agreement in respect of his  retirement,
    whether  or  not  a  qualified plan or  agreement,  so  that  his
    aggregate  retirement benefit from all such plans and  agreements
    (regardless  of when he begins to receive such benefit)  will  be
    not  less  than it would be had all such plans and agreements  in
    effect  immediately prior to the effective date of this Agreement
    continued  to  be  in effect without change until  and  after  he
    begins to receive such benefit.

      5.   Termination.  The term "Termination" shall mean termination,
prior to the expiration of the Employment Period, of the employment  of
the  Executive  with  the  Company for any  reason  other  than  death,
disability  (as  described  below),  cause  (as  described  below),  or
voluntary resignation (as described below).

    (a)   The  term "disability" means physical or mental  incapacity
    qualifying  the  Executive  for long-term  disability  under  the
    Company's long-term disability plan.

   (b)   The term "cause" means (i) the willful and continued failure
   of  the  Executive substantially to perform his  duties  with  the
   Company  (other  than  any  failure  due  to  physical  or  mental
   incapacity)   after  a  demand  for  substantial  performance   is
   delivered  to  him  by the Board of Directors  which  specifically
   identifies  the  manner in which the Board  believes  he  has  not
   substantially  performed  his duties or  (ii)  willful  misconduct
   materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company.  No  act  or
   failure  to  act  by  the Executive shall be considered  "willful"
   unless  done  or omitted to be done by him not in good  faith  and
   without reasonable belief that his action or omission was  in  the
   best  interest of the Company.  The unwillingness of the Executive
   to  accept  any or all of a change in the nature or scope  of  his
   position,  authorities  or  duties,  a  reduction  in  his   total
   compensation  or benefits, a relocation that he deems unreasonable
   in  light  of  his personal circumstances, or other action  by  or
   request  of the Company in respect of his position, authority,  or
   responsibility  that he reasonably deems to be  contrary  to  this
   Agreement, may not be considered by the Board of Directors  to  be
   a   failure   to   perform  or  misconduct   by   the   Executive.
   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not  be  deemed
   to  have  been terminated for cause for purposes of this Agreement
   unless and until there shall have been delivered to him a copy  of
   a  resolution,  duly  adopted by a vote of three-quarters  of  the
   entire  Board  of  Directors of the Company at a  meeting  of  the
   Board  called  and held (after reasonable notice to the  Executive
   and  an opportunity for the Executive and his counsel to be  heard
   before  the  Board)  for  the purpose of considering  whether  the
   Executive has been guilty of such a willful failure to perform  or
   such   willful  misconduct  as  justifies  termination  for  cause
   hereunder,  finding that in the good faith opinion  of  the  Board
   the   Executive  has  been  guilty  thereof  and  specifying   the
   particulars thereof.

    (c)  The resignation of the Executive shall be deemed "voluntary"
    if it is for any reason other than one or more of the following:

                 (i) The Executive's resignation or retirement (other
           than  mandatory retirement, as aforesaid) is requested  by
           the Company other than for cause;

                (ii) Any significant change in the nature or scope of
           the Executive's position, authorities or duties from those
           described in Section 3;

                 (iii)     Any reduction in his total compensation or
           benefits from that provided in Section 4;

                (iv) The breach by the Company of any other provision
           of this Agreement; or

                 (v)  The  reasonable determination by the  Executive
          that, as a result of a change in control of the Company and
          a   change   in   circumstances  thereafter   significantly
          affecting  his  position,  he is  unable  to  exercise  the
          authorities  and responsibilities attached to his  position
          and contemplated by Section 3.

    (d)   Termination that entitles the Executive to the payments and
    benefits provided in Section 6 shall not be deemed or treated  by
    the  Company as the termination of the Executive's employment  or
    the  forfeiture  of his participation, award, or eligibility  for
    the  purpose  of any plan, practice or agreement of  the  Company
    referred to in Section 4.

      6.    Termination  Payments and Benefits.  In the  event  of  and
within  30  days following Termination, the Company shall  pay  to  the
Executive:

    (a)   His base salary and all other benefits due him as if he had
    remained  an  employee  pursuant to this  Agreement  through  the
    remainder   of  the  month  in  which  Termination  occurs   less
    applicable   withholding  taxes  and  other  authorized   payroll
    deductions;

   (b)   An amount equal to the target award for the Executive  under
   the  Company's  annual  bonus plan for the fiscal  year  in  which
   Termination  occurs,  reduced pro rata for  that  portion  of  the
   fiscal  year  not completed as of the end of the  month  in  which
   Termination  occurs, provided that if the Executive  has  deferred
   his  award for such year under the Company's deferred compensation
   plan,  the  payment  due the Executive under  this  Paragraph  (b)
   shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the deferral;

   (c)   An amount equal to the target award for the Executive  under
   the  Company's  long-term incentive plan for  the  year  in  which
   Termination  occurs,  reduced pro rata for  that  portion  of  the
   fiscal  year  not completed as of the end of the  month  in  which
   Termination occurs; and

   (d)   A  lump sum severance allowance in an amount which is  equal
   to  the  sum  of  the  amounts determined in accordance  with  the
   following subparagraphs (i) and (ii):

                (i)   An amount equivalent to three times his  annual
          base  salary  at  the rate in effect immediately  prior  to
          Termination; and

                (ii)  An amount equivalent to three times the highest
          annual   bonus   earned  under  the  Company's   Management
          Incentive Compensation Program, or successor bonus plan  in
          effect  from  time  to time, during the  three  consecutive
          complete  bonus  years  immediately prior  to  Termination;
          provided,  however, that in the event that the  Executive's
          employment is terminated prior to the completion  of  three
          complete bonus years, any prorated annual bonus received by
          the  Executive shall be annualized and the bonus  years  in
          which  the  Executive's employment commences or  terminates
          shall  be  deemed to be "complete bonus years" for purposes
          of  determining  the  highest annual bonus  earned  by  the
          Executive during the three complete bonus years immediately
          prior to Termination.

   7.        Non-Competition  and Confidentiality.  The  Executive  agrees
      that:

   (a)    there shall be no obligation on the part of the Company  to
   provide  any further payments or benefits (other than payments  or
   benefits  already earned or accrued) described in  Section  6  if,
   when,  and  so  long  as the Executive shall  be  employed  by  or
   otherwise  engage  in any business which is competitive  with  any
   business  of  the Company or of any of its subsidiaries,  as  such
   business  existed as of the effective date of this  Agreement,  in
   which  the  Executive was engaged during his  employment,  and  if
   such  employment or activity is likely to cause or causes  serious
   damage to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and

    (b)   during and after the Employment Period, he will not divulge
    or  appropriate to his own use or the use of others any secret or
    confidential  information  pertaining  to  the  business  of  the
    Company or any of its subsidiaries obtained during his employment
    by  the  Company, it being understood that this obligation  shall
    not  apply when and to the extent any of such information becomes
    publicly  known or available other than because  of  his  act  or
    omission.

      8.          Arrangements Not Exclusive or Limiting.  The specific
arrangements  referred to herein are not intended to exclude  or  limit
the  Executive's participation in other benefits available to executive
personnel  generally,  or to preclude or limit  other  compensation  or
benefits as may be authorized by the Board of Directors of the  Company
at any time, or to limit or reduce any compensation or benefit to which
the Executive would be entitled but for this Agreement.

      9.    Enforcement  Costs.  The Company is  aware  that  upon  the
occurrence  of  a  change  in control, the  Board  of  Directors  or  a
stockholder  of  the  Company may then cause or attempt  to  cause  the
Company  to refuse to comply with its obligations under this Agreement,
or  may  cause  or  attempt to cause the Company to institute,  or  may
institute,   litigation  seeking  to  have  this   Agreement   declared
unenforceable,  or may take, or attempt to take, other action  to  deny
the  Executive  the benefits intended under this Agreement.   In  these
circumstances,  the purpose of this Agreement could be frustrated.   It
is  the  intent  of the parties that the Executive not be  required  to
incur  the  legal fees and expenses associated with the  protection  or
enforcement of his rights under this Agreement by litigation  or  other
legal  action because such costs would substantially detract  from  the
benefits  intended  to be extended to the Executive hereunder,  nor  be
bound  to negotiate any settlement of his rights hereunder under threat
of  incurring  such  costs.  Accordingly, if  at  any  time  after  the
effective  date  of this Agreement, it should appear to  the  Executive
that  the  Company  is or has acted contrary to or is  failing  or  has
failed  to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement  for
the  reason  that it regards this Agreement to be void or unenforceable
or for any other reason, or that the Company has purported to terminate
his employment for cause or is in the course of doing so in either case
contrary  to  this Agreement, or in the event that the Company  or  any
other  person  takes  any  action to declare  this  Agreement  void  or
unenforceable,  or  institutes any litigation  or  other  legal  action
designed  to  deny,  diminish  or to recover  from  the  Executive  the
benefits provided or intended to be provided to him hereunder, and  the
Executive has acted in good faith to perform his obligations under this
Agreement, the Company irrevocably authorizes the Executive  from  time
to  time  to retain counsel of his choice at the expense of the Company
to  represent him in connection with the protection and enforcement  of
him  rights  hereunder, including without limitation representation  in
connection  with  termination  of  his  employment  contrary  to   this
Agreement or with the initiation or defense of any litigation or  other
legal action, whether by or against the Executive or the Company or any
director,  officer,  stockholder or other person  affiliated  with  the
Company,  in  any  jurisdiction.  The reasonable fees and  expenses  of
counsel  selected  from  time to time by the Executive  as  hereinabove
provided shall be paid or reimbursed to Executive by the Company  on  a
regular,  periodic  basis  upon presentation  by  the  Executive  of  a
statement or statements prepared by such counsel in accordance with its
customary  practices,  up to a maximum aggregate  amount  of  $200,000.
Counsel so retained by the Executive may be counsel representing  other
officers  or  key  executives of the Company  in  connection  with  the
protection  and  enforcement of their rights under  similar  agreements
between them and the Company, and, unless in his sole judgment  use  of
common  counsel could be prejudicial to him or would not be  likely  to
reduce  the fees and expenses chargeable hereunder to the Company,  the
Executive  agrees  to  use his best efforts to agree  with  such  other
officers or executives to retain common counsel.

       10.    Notices.   Any  notices,  requests,  demands  and   other
communications provided for by this Agreement shall be in  writing  and
personally  delivered by hand or sent by registered or certified  mail,
if to the Executive, to him at the last address he has filed in writing
with  the Company or, if to the Company, to its corporate secretary  at
its principal executive office.

      11.   Non-Alienation.  The Executive shall not have any right  to
pledge,  hypothecate, anticipate, or in any way create a lien upon  any
amounts provided under this Agreement, and no payments or benefits  due
hereunder  shall  be assignable in anticipation of  payment  either  by
voluntary or involuntary acts or by operation of law.  So long  as  the
Executive  lives, no person, other than the parties hereto, shall  have
any  rights  under or interest in this Agreement or the subject  matter
hereof.

      12.  Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This Agreement constitutes the
entire  agreement  superseding any prior agreement of  the  parties  in
respect  of the subject matter hereof.  No provision of this  Agreement
may  be  amended,  waived, or discharged except by the  mutual  written
agreement of the parties.  The consent of any other person to any  such
amendment, waiver or discharge shall not be required.

     13.  Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors or assigns,  by
operation  of  law  or  otherwise,  including  without  limitation  any
corporation  or  other  entity or person which shall  succeed  (whether
direct  or  indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise)
to  all  or  substantially all of the business  and/or  assets  of  the
Company,  and  the Company will require any successor, by agreement  in
form  and substance satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to  assume
and  agree  to  perform this Agreement.  Except as  otherwise  provided
herein,  this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the  benefit
of  the  Executive and his legal representatives, heirs,  and  assigns;
provided, however, that in the event of the Executive's death prior  to
payment or distribution of all amounts, distributions, and benefits due
him  hereunder, each such unpaid amount and distribution shall be  paid
in  accordance with this Agreement to the person or persons  designated
by the Executive to the Company to receive such payment or distribution
and  in the event the Executive has made no applicable designation,  to
the person or persons designated by the Executive as the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of proceeds of life insurance payable in the event of the
Executive's death under the Company's group life insurance plan.

      14.  Governing Law.  Except to the extent required to be governed
by the law of the State of Delaware because the Company is incorporated
under  the  laws  of  that  state,  the validity,  interpretation,  and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the law of whichever
of  the  State of Illinois or the State of Delaware that to the greater
extent permits or does not prevent the enforcement of this Agreement in
accordance with its terms.

      15.  Severability.  In the event that any provision or portion of
this  Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable  for
any  reason,  the  remaining  provisions of  this  Agreement  shall  be
unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.

      16.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original  but  all
of which together constitute one and the same instrument.

     IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement  to  be
signed by its duly authorized officer and the Executive has signed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

IMC GLOBAL INC.                    E. PAUL DUNN


By:________________________        __________________________


Title: Chairman of the Board
       of Directors and Chief
       Executive Officer