# High prices of DAP may affect wheat crop - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

> Pakistani farm leaders warned that DAP fertiliser now sells for Rs14,000 per 50-kg bag, up from Rs6,000 a year earlier. Stocks and imports are well below last year's levels, and DAP offtake is falling. They estimate wheat output could drop about 20% if application keeps declining.

- Date: 2022-07-30 · published 2022-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40821-high-prices-of-dap-may-affect-wheat-crop-newspaper-dawn-com
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Expensive DAP is cutting application, which could shrink Pakistan's wheat crop and raise grain imports. That would tighten wheat supply and support wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dawn.com: https://www.dawn.com/news/1702192

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