# Fertiliser prices soft despite demand | Farm Weekly | WA

> Australian fertiliser prices remain soft despite strong seasonal demand, with nitrogen and phosphate prices near 10-year lows. Urea fell about $60/t at port since Christmas, and MAP is $50-100/t cheaper than a year ago at about $560/t.

- Date: 2017-05-11 · published 2017-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70940-fertiliser-prices-soft-despite-demand-farm-weekly-wa
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weak global supply-demand balance keeps input costs low for Australian growers and livestock producers, while the lower urea and phosphate trend limits cost pressure on farm margins.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/4658417/fertiliser-prices-soft-despite-demand/

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