# Life after phosphorus: why we need to rethink crop fertilisation

> An opinion piece by a University of Limerick researcher argues Europe depends heavily on imported Moroccan rock phosphate and that global reserves are finite. It calls for treating waste as a recyclable phosphorus resource.

- Date: 2019-06-10 · published 2019-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58917-life-after-phosphorus-why-we-need-to-rethink-crop-fertilisation
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

This is a long-term opinion on phosphorus scarcity and does not describe a current supply or price event.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- PHOSROCK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-12-17 | [International Fertilizer Price Report: Nov 2023 Updates and Analysis -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33042-international-fertilizer-price-report-nov-2023-updates-and-analysis.md) | +0.9% | +3.9% |
| DAP | 2021-04-20 | [1Q 2021 Operating Results: PhosAgro Reports 40% Quarter-on-Quarter Increase in Fertilizer Sales to 2.9 Million Tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47923-1q-2021-operating-results-phosagro-reports-40-quarter-on-quarter-increase-in.md) | -0.3% | +6.6% |
| DAP | 2020-03-04 | [DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54405-dtn-retail-fertilizer-trends.md) | -0.5% | -2.5% |
| DAP | 2025-08-06 | [DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10719-dtn-retail-fertilizer-trends.md) | +0.1% | -2.6% |
| DAP | 2020-01-17 | [AgroPages-CRU Fertilizers top ten calls for 2020-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55013-agropages-cru-fertilizers-top-ten-calls-for-2020-agricultural-news.md) | +2.0% | +11.3% |

## Sources

- rte.ie: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0610/1054178-life-after-phosporus-why-we-need-to-rethink-crop-fertilisation/

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