# The Trade Numerologist: Fertilizer Fear: Has Industrial Ag Peaked?

> An S&P Global guest column questions whether industrial agriculture and fertilizer demand have peaked. It cites slower expected food demand growth from the FAO, stricter environmental rules, and a global fertilizer market worth about $200 billion. The author describes modest fertilizer consumption growth in 2018.

- Date: 2018-10-29 · published 2018-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62860-the-trade-numerologist-fertilizer-fear-has-industrial-ag-peaked
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

This is general analysis with no new supply or demand shock, so it gives little direct price signal for feed inputs. Slower long-run demand growth is a mild bearish backdrop for fertilizer.

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/the-trade-numerologist-fertilizer-fear-has-industrial-ag-peaked.html

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