Farm Credit Canada expects a mixed fertilizer outlook for the 2027 season, with nitrogen easing and phosphate still tight. US Gulf urea is about 15% below pre-conflict levels, while New Orleans DAP is roughly 25% above pre-conflict levels.
FCC warns that nitrogen could rise quickly if Middle East fertilizer, energy or gas flows are disrupted.
Lower urea and firm DAP shift cost pressure toward phosphate-based inputs for Canadian and US producers, which could affect planting economics and feed-grain costs into 2027.
After 42 past bearish report events, Urea moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.9% to +3.3%), and +2.9% over 20.
After 66 past bullish report events, DAP moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.7%), and +0.3% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.