# Global fert trends keep prices soft despite crop season action  | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian fertiliser prices remain soft despite crop-season demand, with nitrogen and phosphate near 10-year lows. Urea is down about $60/t since Christmas, and MAP is $50-100/t below last year at about $560/t.

- Date: 2017-05-07 · published 2017-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70946-global-fert-trends-keep-prices-soft-despite-crop-season-action-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Low urea and phosphate prices reduce input costs for Australian grain and livestock producers, though rising phosphate spot values limit the downside.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4643026/fert-trends-keep-prices-soft-despite-cropping-demand/

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