# Sticky input prices and short supplies: What's keeping fertilizer costs high? - RealAgriculture

> RealAgriculture reports that fertilizer prices remain high even as crop prices soften, with urea elevated, UAN at record-high levels, and anhydrous relatively cheaper. China has cut phosphate exports nearly in half, European nitrogen output remains well below normal, and potash prices are stable.

- Date: 2025-08-28 · published 2025-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23627-sticky-input-prices-and-short-supplies-what-s-keeping-fertilizer-costs-high
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Tight nitrogen and phosphate supply keeps input costs high for feed grain and oilseed production, which can support crop prices into 2026. Potash stability limits upside across the fertilizer complex.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-02-23 | [With fertilizer costs high and seeds scarce, U.S. farmers turn to soy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42759-with-fertilizer-costs-high-and-seeds-scarce-u-s-farmers-turn-to-soy-reuters.md) | +17.4% | +41.3% |
| UREA | 2025-01-13 | [Tight global supply keeping fertilizer prices elevated \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26832-tight-global-supply-keeping-fertilizer-prices-elevated-profitability.md) | +0.4% | +13.8% |
| UREA | 2021-02-02 | [Fertiliser prices steadily creep up...but why? - Agriland.ie](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12941-fertiliser-prices-steadily-creep-up-but-why-agriland-ie.md) | -5.9% | +0.1% |
| UREA | 2021-09-29 | [AgriMarketing.com - Fertilizer Prices Heading Toward Record Highs Due To Series Of Black Swan Events](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45026-agrimarketing-com-fertilizer-prices-heading-toward-record-highs-due-to-series.md) | +31.3% | +34.0% |
| UREA | 2025-04-28 | [Fertilizer Prices Surge as Spring Imports Drive Urea, Phosphate, Potash \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4274-fertilizer-prices-surge-as-spring-imports-drive-urea-phosphate-potash-cz-app.md) | +13.4% | +10.6% |
| DAP | 2020-10-23 | [Fertilizer tariffs could affect fall and spring pricing - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50578-fertilizer-tariffs-could-affect-fall-and-spring-pricing-realagriculture.md) | -0.1% | -1.5% |
| DAP | 2021-03-02 | [Faced with High Fertilizer Prices? Here's Why Sticker Shock Could Last Through Spring - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12872-faced-with-high-fertilizer-prices-here-s-why-sticker-shock-could-last-through.md) | +2.3% | +2.6% |
| DAP | 2022-05-09 | [Peru Looking To Rescue Agriculture Inputs with Moroccan Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41721-peru-looking-to-rescue-agriculture-inputs-with-moroccan-fertilizers.md) | 0.0% | -12.2% |

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2025/08/sticky-input-prices-and-short-supplies-whats-keeping-fertilizer-costs-high/

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