# Fertilizer prices continue upward trend | Hay and Forage Magazine

> USDA Illinois production cost data show farmers paying more for fertilizer in 2019 than a year earlier, with anhydrous up 18%, urea up 10%, and potash up 11%. Prices remain below early 2015 levels but well above 2016 and 2017 lows.

- Date: 2019-04-02 · published 2019-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59897-fertilizer-prices-continue-upward-trend-hay-and-forage-magazine
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher nitrogen, phosphate and potash costs raise the cost of crop production, which can support feed grain prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-12-23 | [Fertilizer prices stabilize in 2024, but uncertainty continues \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26887-fertilizer-prices-stabilize-in-2024-but-uncertainty-continues-ag-proud.md) | +4.4% | +9.4% |
| UREA | 2021-12-17 | [Fertilizer Prices Spike and Will Continue Rallying Next Year - News and Statistics - IndexBox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43921-fertilizer-prices-spike-and-will-continue-rallying-next-year-news-and.md) | +0.2% | -19.3% |
| UREA | 2021-07-30 | [Department of Fertilizer India notified trend of average International prices of fertilizers upto June,21 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46381-department-of-fertilizer-india-notified-trend-of-average-international-prices.md) | -2.2% | -2.1% |
| UREA | 2026-02-18 | [All Eight Major Fertilizers See Prices Move Higher Compared to Last Month](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20927-all-eight-major-fertilizers-see-prices-move-higher-compared-to-last-month.md) | +0.5% | +33.4% |
| UREA | 2020-12-23 | [Fertilizer prices to rise moderately in 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49583-fertilizer-prices-to-rise-moderately-in-2021.md) | +3.0% | +21.5% |
| DAP | 2024-12-23 | [Fertilizer prices stabilize in 2024, but uncertainty continues \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26887-fertilizer-prices-stabilize-in-2024-but-uncertainty-continues-ag-proud.md) | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| DAP | 2021-12-17 | [Fertilizer Prices Spike and Will Continue Rallying Next Year - News and Statistics - IndexBox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43921-fertilizer-prices-spike-and-will-continue-rallying-next-year-news-and.md) | +0.1% | -3.8% |
| DAP | 2021-07-30 | [Department of Fertilizer India notified trend of average International prices of fertilizers upto June,21 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46381-department-of-fertilizer-india-notified-trend-of-average-international-prices.md) | -2.0% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- hayandforage.com: https://www.hayandforage.com/article-2433-Fertilizer-prices-continue-upward-trend.html

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