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Rabobank's Global Fertiliser Outlook says global fertiliser prices are near 10-year lows, with urea, phosphate and potash all down. Australian winter-crop area is expected to rise 26% this year, lifting urea demand.
The report warns COVID-19 raises the risk of isolated shortages and price spikes.
Low input prices support farm margins and planted area, but supply-chain risk could quickly reverse fertilizer prices, which feed into grain and oilseed production costs.
graincentral.comGrain CentralJul 16, 2020After 26 past neutral report events, Urea moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -4.1% to +1.5%), and +0.9% over 20.
After 38 past neutral report events, DAP moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (61% higher; middle half -0.5% to +1.6%), and +3.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
