# Fertilizer Prices Still Increasing

> DTN retail surveys show fertilizer prices rose for a seventh straight week in the first week of March 2017, with all eight major fertilizers higher than a month earlier, though gains were slight. Retail urea averaged $361/ton and DAP $436/ton, still below year-earlier levels.

- Date: 2017-03-15 · published 2017-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71928-fertilizer-prices-still-increasing
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued firming of retail fertilizer costs ahead of spring application raises input costs for crop producers, which can support corn and other feed grain prices via reduced acreage or yield expectations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/03/15/fertilizer-prices-still-increasing

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