# Potash production faces challenge of cost vs. market price - StarPhoenix

> Saskatchewan's potash producers are balancing cost against world prices, which the article says were above US$380 per tonne and forecast to keep rising. In March the provincial government unexpectedly changed its potash taxation scheme, eliminating certain deductions in royalties and production tax.

- Date: 2019-05-24 · published 2019-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59403-potash-production-faces-challenge-of-cost-vs-market-price-starphoenix
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Higher provincial taxes raise producer costs for potash, a key fertilizer input, and may curb output even as prices are firm. Buyers of feed-related fertilizer inputs should note the upward price trend.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thestarphoenix.com: https://thestarphoenix.com/business/mining/potash-production-faces-challenge-of-cost-vs-market-price/

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