# Fertilizer tariffs could affect fall and spring pricing - RealAgriculture

> Fertilizer tariffs on imports into the US are changing fall pricing dynamics, according to ADM's Jake Niederer. Phosphate prices have risen well over $100 per tonne in Canada, and a preliminary assessment of duties on Russian and Moroccan products is expected around late November.

- Date: 2020-10-23 · published 2020-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50578-fertilizer-tariffs-could-affect-fall-and-spring-pricing-realagriculture
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Expected duties on Russian and Moroccan phosphate would reduce import competition and push up North American fertilizer prices, affecting fall pre-purchase decisions and spring input costs for crop producers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-08-28 | [Sticky input prices and short supplies: What's keeping fertilizer costs high? - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23627-sticky-input-prices-and-short-supplies-what-s-keeping-fertilizer-costs-high.md) | -2.6% | -2.6% |
| DAP | 2021-03-02 | [Faced with High Fertilizer Prices? Here's Why Sticker Shock Could Last Through Spring - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12872-faced-with-high-fertilizer-prices-here-s-why-sticker-shock-could-last-through.md) | +2.3% | +2.6% |
| DAP | 2025-08-28 | [Tariffs Squeeze Trump-Loving Farmers as Fertilizer Prices Soar - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23254-tariffs-squeeze-trump-loving-farmers-as-fertilizer-prices-soar-bloomberg.md) | -2.6% | -2.6% |
| DAP | 2022-05-09 | [Peru Looking To Rescue Agriculture Inputs with Moroccan Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41721-peru-looking-to-rescue-agriculture-inputs-with-moroccan-fertilizers.md) | 0.0% | -12.2% |
| DAP | 2020-11-24 | [U.S. Department of Commerce imposes large tariffs on Russian- and Moroccan-produced phosphate - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50090-u-s-department-of-commerce-imposes-large-tariffs-on-russian-and-moroccan.md) | +7.1% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2020/10/fertilizer-tariffs-could-affect-fall-and-spring-pricing/

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