# Slumping fertilizer makers turn to high-margin industrial uses - Jamestown Sun | News, weather, sports from Jamestown North Dakota

> Fertilizer makers including Agrium and PotashCorp are shifting more production to industrial uses such as diesel exhaust fluid, white potash and oil drilling, to offset a severe slump in fertilizer prices. Potash and phosphate prices hit multi-year lows in 2016 amid a capacity glut and weak crop prices.

- Date: 2017-01-11 · published 2017-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73288-slumping-fertilizer-makers-turn-to-high-margin-industrial-uses-jamestown-sun
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Diverting capacity to industrial markets may tighten agricultural supply somewhat, but the capacity glut persists, so ag fertilizer prices are unlikely to rebound quickly.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral
- POTASH: neutral

## Sources

- jamestownsun.com: https://www.jamestownsun.com/news/slumping-fertilizer-makers-turn-to-high-margin-industrial-uses

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