# Fertilizer Prices Mixed, as Anhydrous Drops Below $1,000; Diesel Prices in Focus

> Retail fertilizer prices were mixed in late April 2023, with DAP and MAP edging up while most other products kept falling. Anhydrous averaged $995/ton, its first sub-$1,000 reading since October 2021, and all major fertilizers were at least 18% cheaper than a year earlier.

- Date: 2023-04-30 · published 2023-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6329-fertilizer-prices-mixed-as-anhydrous-drops-below-1-000-diesel-prices-in-focus
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Lower retail nutrient prices reflect weaker wholesale markets and reduce input costs for feed grain production. Sustained declines could ease feed cost pressure over the coming season.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2023/04/fertilizer-prices-mixed-as-anhydrous-drops-below-1000-diesel-prices-in-focus/

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