# Mature US Fertilizer Market to Weigh on Phosphate Rock Demand

> The Freedonia Group forecasts US phosphate rock demand to fall 2.1% per year through 2025 as the mature US fertilizer market and shift to higher-analysis products reduce tonnage. Animal feed phosphate demand is expected to decline 1.2% annually due to competition from phytase.

- Date: 2021-08-04 · published 2021-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45878-mature-us-fertilizer-market-to-weigh-on-phosphate-rock-demand
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Long-term declining US demand is a bearish outlook for phosphate rock, though it is a multi-year forecast rather than a near-term price driver.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- prnewswire.com: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mature-us-fertilizer-market-to-weigh-on-phosphate-rock-demand-301348158.html

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