
Potassium sulfate and other potash, phosphate and nitrogen prices are at levels not seen in about a decade, according to analysts. Several forecasts suggest costs will stay high into 2022, citing energy prices, Gulf Coast storms and European gas-driven plant closures.
Sustained high fertilizer prices raise the cost of growing feed grains and oilseeds, supporting feed input prices and reducing expected acreage response.
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Published days before the move, it shows phosphate prices at decade highs with forecasts of elevated costs into 2022 from energy, storm and European plant closure pressures, reinforcing bullish sentiment.