# DTN: Fertilizer Prices Continue on a “Steady March Lower Since the Beginning of the Year” | Farm Policy News | Illinois

> DTN retail survey data showed all eight major US retail fertilizer prices lower in the third week of March 2023 versus a month earlier, with UAN28 down 9% to $429 per ton and anhydrous down 8% to $1,036 per ton. Urea fell 6% to $627 per ton, and all fertilizers were lower by double digits year over year.

- Date: 2023-04-02 · published 2023-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5525-dtn-fertilizer-prices-continue-on-a-steady-march-lower-since-the-beginning-of
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Falling retail nitrogen and phosphate costs ease farmer input expenses, though the trend reflects lower wholesale and natural gas costs and is a routine price-trend update rather than a new supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2023/04/dtn-fertilizer-prices-continue-on-a-steady-march-lower-since-the-beginning-of-the-year/

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