# This Event Began a 5-Year Downturn for Fertilizer Stocks. Are They a Buy Now? | The Motley Fool

> A Motley Fool piece looks back at the 2013 collapse of the Belarusian Potash Company and the subsequent five-year fertilizer price slump. It notes early signs of balance, with Nutrien and Mosaic raising 2018 guidance and CF Industries gross profit rising sharply in the first quarter.

- Date: 2018-07-13 · published 2018-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64355-this-event-began-a-5-year-downturn-for-fertilizer-stocks-are-they-a-buy-now-the
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Fertilizer markets moving toward balance suggests input costs may firm gradually, though the article is largely retrospective and offers no new supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- POTASH: neutral

## Sources

- fool.com: https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/13/this-event-began-a-5-year-downturn-for-fertilizer.aspx

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