# More Than Farm Demand: Why Phosphate and Potash Fertilizer Prices are Surging - ProAg

> Phosphate and potash fertilizer prices rose sharply in early 2021 on top of strong crop prices. Pandemic-related production cuts and delays at new plants in Morocco and Saudi Arabia tightened U.S. supply. Supply was partly recovering for the 2021 crop year but remained tight.

- Date: 2021-02-19 · published 2021-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12869-more-than-farm-demand-why-phosphate-and-potash-fertilizer-prices-are-surging
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Tight phosphate and potash supply combined with strong demand from high crop prices points to higher P and K prices through 2021, raising input costs for feed grain and oilseed producers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-07-29 | [Strait of Hormuz pressure on fertilizers: sulfur rises 322% in one year, phosphates lose demand and urea advances again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18694-strait-of-hormuz-pressure-on-fertilizers-sulfur-rises-322-in-one-year.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |
| DAP | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2024-01-18 | [Global shipping delays will affect fertilizer prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32437-global-shipping-delays-will-affect-fertilizer-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2026-07-28 | [Urea's cheap but farmers urged to act on phosphate as prices soar \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18656-urea-s-cheap-but-farmers-urged-to-act-on-phosphate-as-prices-soar-farm-online.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2020-05-22 | [Rising fertilizer freight rates to pressure suppliers \| MoroccoTomorrow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53067-rising-fertilizer-freight-rates-to-pressure-suppliers-moroccotomorrow.md) | +1.5% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/more-than-farm-demand-why-phosphate-and-potash-fertilizer-prices-are-surging/

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