# Fertilizer Prices Mixed- Urea Climbs, Anhydrous Lower | Farm Policy News | Illinois

> USDA retail fertilizer surveys for the second week of May 2023 show mixed price moves. Urea rose 6% to an average of $664 per ton, while anhydrous fell 9% to $910 per ton, and DAP, MAP and UAN32 edged higher. Prices for all fertilizers remained well below year-earlier levels.

- Date: 2023-05-21 · published 2023-05-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5366-fertilizer-prices-mixed-urea-climbs-anhydrous-lower-farm-policy-news-illinois
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Fertilizer costs feed into crop production costs and planting decisions for corn and other feed grains. Mixed moves with most products still far below last year suggest little pressure on feed-grain prices from input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-09-29 | [Fertilizer Prices Remain “Considerably Higher” Than Last Year, as Hurricane Ian Could Worsen Outlook \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11905-fertilizer-prices-remain-considerably-higher-than-last-year-as-hurricane-ian.md) | -4.2% | -9.1% |
| UREA | 2022-09-27 | [Fertilizer Prices, Rates, and Costs for 2023 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11906-fertilizer-prices-rates-and-costs-for-2023-farmdoc-daily.md) | -5.7% | -9.1% |
| UREA | 2022-06-01 | [Stagnant Retail Fertilizer Prices Hover Near Record Highs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41256-stagnant-retail-fertilizer-prices-hover-near-record-highs.md) | -7.1% | -12.0% |
| UREA | 2023-11-06 | [Fertilizer market review: What will 2024 bring? \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33094-fertilizer-market-review-what-will-2024-bring-ag-proud.md) | -2.8% | -6.4% |
| UREA | 2020-07-16 | [Season, low prices fire up urea applications, despite COVID supply risk - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52424-season-low-prices-fire-up-urea-applications-despite-covid-supply-risk-grain.md) | +0.5% | +21.0% |

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2023/05/fertilizer-prices-mixed-urea-climbs-anhydrous-lower/

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