# Farm Fertilizer Prices Surge on World Subsidy Spat - ProAg

> Phosphate fertilizer prices such as DAP rose about a third in the last quarter after the U.S. launched an investigation into alleged subsidized imports from Russia and Morocco. Those two largest suppliers sharply slowed shipments into the U.S. market, tightening domestic supply.

- Date: 2020-10-05 · published 2020-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50933-farm-fertilizer-prices-surge-on-world-subsidy-spat-proag
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced phosphate imports leave U.S. buyers facing higher DAP costs and concentrate supply with Mosaic, which supports elevated input costs for crop producers into the next season.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-10-01 | [U.S. fertilizer prices surge to decade high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50574-u-s-fertilizer-prices-surge-to-decade-high.md) | +0.7% | +0.7% |
| DAP | 2021-11-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5552-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +7.8% | +10.0% |
| DAP | 2022-01-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43478-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | -0.1% | -4.8% |
| DAP | 2022-07-03 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40811-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +4.0% | -0.7% |
| DAP | 2022-05-06 | [Morocco's Phosphate Exports Surge 83% as Global Fertilizer Prices Soar \| Bladi.net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41742-morocco-s-phosphate-exports-surge-83-as-global-fertilizer-prices-soar-bladi-net.md) | 0.0% | -12.2% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/farm-fertilizer-prices-surge-on-world-subsidy-spat/

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