# Shrinking supply of global phosphate forces critical look at its use

> A feature article argues that world phosphate reserves are slowly shrinking and that growers should reassess how much phosphate they apply, citing Dutch greenhouse trials. It notes that the largest reserves lie in politically unstable regions such as Western Sahara.

- Date: 2017-01-31 · published 2017-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73308-shrinking-supply-of-global-phosphate-forces-critical-look-at-its-use
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Long-run depletion concerns could support phosphate prices over time, but the article describes no immediate supply or demand change, so the near-term price effect is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ingreenhouses.com: https://www.ingreenhouses.com/shrinking-supply-of-global-phosphate-forces-critical-look-at-its-use/

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