BHP's market analysis outlines a framework placing the potash industry in a fourth historical wave, following three earlier waves tied to major supply shocks. The authors say the post-2021 volatility has strengthened their long-run view that prices will settle into an orderly regime over the 2020s.
The analysis frames potash as moving toward more orderly supply and demand, which suggests a less volatile fertilizer cost base for feed grain producers over the coming years, though it offers no immediate price catalyst.
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.