# The Coming Global Shortage of Phosphorus and How You Can Invest In It

> An opinion piece argues phosphorus is a non-renewable element with no substitute, warning of possible peak production around 2035 and depletion within 50 to 100 years. It frames phosphate rock as essential for fertilizer and food production.

- Date: 2016-11-24 · published 2016-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74159-the-coming-global-shortage-of-phosphorus-and-how-you-can-invest-in-it
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Long-run scarcity concerns support a higher price floor for phosphate fertilizers such as DAP and TSP, which feed into crop input costs and eventually feed grain economics. The piece is general commentary without a new near-term supply event.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- sg.finance.yahoo.com: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/coming-global-shortage-phosphorus-invest-233024043.html

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