# What Is Driving Fertilizer Prices?

> Mosaic's market analysts attribute high fertilizer prices to commodity-driven demand, supply disruptions, and export restrictions by several countries. Potash supply was limited by mine disruptions, and nitrogen costs rose with gas prices, while phosphate input costs rose sharply year on year.

- Date: 2022-02-02 · published 2022-02-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42635-what-is-driving-fertilizer-prices
- 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

Elevated potash, nitrogen and phosphate prices raise crop production costs and support fertilizer-linked commodity prices, though Mosaic expects nitrogen to ease as gas prices normalize.

## Read by commodity

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

## Sources

- mosaicco.com: https://mosaicco.com/Article/What-Is-Driving-Fertilizer-Prices

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