# Market Update: Fertilizer Prices to Stay Unpredictable – Phosphate Price

> CRU analysts expect fertilizer prices to move unpredictably over the next few months, with some nutrients rising and others falling. Potash in Brazil is about $330/t, and China has not yet signed its potash contract, which Beijing is expected to do soon.

- Date: 2018-09-14 · published 2018-09-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62977-market-update-fertilizer-prices-to-stay-unpredictable-phosphate-price
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Potash supply additions are coming more slowly than expected, which supports prices despite earlier forecasts of declines. Higher fertilizer input costs can cut into farm margins and affect demand for feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- phosphateprice.com: https://phosphateprice.com/market-update-fertilizer-prices-to-stay-unpredictable/

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