# Latest Data Shows Drop in Fertilizer Prices - MiningNewsWire

> Average US retail fertilizer prices fell from end-of-March levels, with anhydrous ammonia down 5% to $1,026/ton. Retail MAP was $810/ton, DAP $818/ton, urea $626/ton and potash $644/ton, all well below 2022 levels. The data came alongside a CoBank report showing first-quarter 2023 prices down sharply from the 2022 spike.

- Date: 2023-04-13 · published 2023-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5939-latest-data-shows-drop-in-fertilizer-prices-miningnewswire
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Retail prices sitting well below last year's levels suggest lower input costs for farmers in the coming season. Potash and phosphate weakness supports margins for livestock and feed producers.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-04-08 | [Global Fertilizer Price Updates: March’ 2023 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5937-global-fertilizer-price-updates-march-2023.md) | +8.3% | +8.3% |
| UREA | 2024-05-15 | [Retail Fertilizer Prices Mixed; More Are Lower Than Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30186-retail-fertilizer-prices-mixed-more-are-lower-than-higher.md) | +0.2% | +2.3% |
| UREA | 2021-10-05 | [International Fertilizer Price September'21 Update -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44881-international-fertilizer-price-september-21-update.md) | +6.2% | +11.5% |
| UREA | 2025-01-15 | [Fertilizer prices stabilize amid lower input costs and trade shifts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26436-fertilizer-prices-stabilize-amid-lower-input-costs-and-trade-shifts.md) | +0.9% | +14.3% |
| UREA | 2023-10-01 | [Global prices for fertilizers returned to 2021 levels in 2023 after surging in 2022 )](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34027-global-prices-for-fertilizers-returned-to-2021-levels-in-2023-after-surging-in.md) | 0.0% | -8.3% |
| DAP | 2023-04-08 | [Global Fertilizer Price Updates: March’ 2023 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5937-global-fertilizer-price-updates-march-2023.md) | +9.5% | -3.4% |
| DAP | 2024-05-15 | [Retail Fertilizer Prices Mixed; More Are Lower Than Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30186-retail-fertilizer-prices-mixed-more-are-lower-than-higher.md) | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| DAP | 2020-07-03 | [Global fertilizer prices expected to remain low over second half of 2020 - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52429-global-fertilizer-prices-expected-to-remain-low-over-second-half-of-2020.md) | +3.3% | +12.5% |

## Sources

- miningnewswire.com: https://www.miningnewswire.com/latest-data-shows-drop-in-fertilizer-prices/

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