# Retail Fertilizer Prices Soften | Red River Farm Network

> DTN reports retail fertilizer prices softened in early March 2019 for the first time in several months, with half of the major fertilizers slightly lower. DAP averaged $511/ton, MAP $535/ton, urea $404/ton and UAN28 $270/ton. Prices remain up to 20% higher than a year earlier.

- Date: 2019-03-08 · published 2019-03-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60418-retail-fertilizer-prices-soften-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Easing retail fertilizer prices slightly reduce spring input costs, but year-over-year levels remain elevated. The change is small and unlikely to move feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2019/03/08/retail-fertilizer-prices-soften/

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