# Why Fertilizer Prices Now Move on Politics Not Demand

> StoneX's Josh Linville argues that fertilizer prices are now driven more by government action than by demand. He points to European carbon border rules that add regulatory costs to imports and to Chinese and Indian export controls that restrict availability.

- Date: 2025-12-17 · published 2025-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21420-why-fertilizer-prices-now-move-on-politics-not-demand
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Carbon costs and export controls structurally raise the cost and reduce the availability of nitrogen and phosphate, supporting higher fertilizer prices regardless of planting intentions.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-10-16 | [Why high fertilizer prices? – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22742-why-high-fertilizer-prices-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country-journal.md) | -0.5% | +2.3% |
| UREA | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +7.6% | -0.5% |
| UREA | 2021-11-29 | [Political events pressure fertiliser prices \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43976-political-events-pressure-fertiliser-prices-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -7.2% | -6.0% |
| UREA | 2023-12-22 | [Fertilizer Outlook: Global dynamics to influence 2024 fertilizer prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32630-fertilizer-outlook-global-dynamics-to-influence-2024-fertilizer-prices.md) | +1.7% | +2.7% |
| UREA | 2022-03-18 | [If You Think Fertilizer Prices are Bad Now, Here's Why China Could Make the Situation Even Worse - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42597-if-you-think-fertilizer-prices-are-bad-now-here-s-why-china-could-make-the.md) | -0.6% | -1.6% |
| DAP | 2025-10-16 | [Why high fertilizer prices? – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22742-why-high-fertilizer-prices-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country-journal.md) | -0.0% | -3.5% |
| DAP | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +3.8% | +3.6% |
| DAP | 2020-09-29 | [IFFCO Says It Does Not Plan To Raise Prices Of DAP And NPK Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51415-iffco-says-it-does-not-plan-to-raise-prices-of-dap-and-npk-fertilizers.md) | +1.7% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- stonex.com: https://www.stonex.com/en-us/insights/why-fertilizer-prices-now-move-on-politics-not-demand/

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