# Production Costs in Focus | Farm Policy News | Illinois

> DTN retail data show average fertilizer prices falling in late December 2022, with all eight major fertilizers lower than a month earlier. MAP, potash and urea each dropped 6%, to $909, $790 and $757 per ton respectively.

- Date: 2022-12-29 · published 2022-12-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38181-production-costs-in-focus-farm-policy-news-illinois
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Lower retail input costs ease margin pressure for feed-grain and livestock producers, though the decline is retail-level rather than a new supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2022/12/production-costs-in-focus/

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