# Price spike in sulfur leaves farmers, fertilizer makers sour

> Sulfur prices have spiked on tight global supply and strong Chinese demand. Fertilizer makers are squeezed by the higher costs, while crop prices have slumped and new phosphate supply is arriving.

- Date: 2017-12-20 · published 2017-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67795-price-spike-in-sulfur-leaves-farmers-fertilizer-makers-sour
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher sulfur costs raise the production cost of phosphate fertilizers such as DAP, which can support phosphate prices but squeeze margins.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/currencies/price-spike-in-sulfur-leaves-farmers-fertilizer-makers-sour-idUSKBN1EE07P/
- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fertilizers-sulphur/price-spike-in-sulfur-leaves-farmers-fertilizer-makers-sour-idUSKBN1EE07Q/

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