Monday, June 08, 2026

Agri Econ 42, Rising fertilizer prices

While prices of crude oil, naphtha, various petrochemical products are fluctuating, prices of key ingredients of fertilizers like ammonia and sulfur are not, they stay on the roof. Di-ammonium phosphor (DAP) are back to rising again.

Charts below, from the top: Sulfur, DAP, ammonia.


Ammonia prices 2026, $/MT:

February 27,  519.1 

March 30,      595.8

April 30,        793.0

May 29,         814.9

June 4,          826.4

Some recent reports on the subject:

The Iran war is jacking up fertilizer prices and forcing farmers to make tough calls. ‘If I guess wrong, I lose the farm.’

Myra P. Saefong June 2, 2026

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-iran-war-is-jacking-up-fertilizer-prices-and-forcing-farmers-to-make-tough-calls-if-i-guess-wrong-i-lose-the-farm-dc30c979

 

High sulfur prices squeeze fertilizer margins, spur production cutbacks

By Marina Silveira Lima and Leia Velarde. May 29, 2026

https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/052926-high-sulfur-prices-squeeze-fertilizer-margins-spur-production-cutbacks

 

Fertiliser affordability plunges, compounding impact of high prices

RESEARCH BRIEFING 20 May 2026

 

Lawmakers pushed to diversify fertilizer supply amid China reliance

Norman P. Aquino and Pexcel John Bacon, May 28, 2026

https://bworldonline.com/top-stories/2026/05/28/752584/lawmakers-pushed-to-diversify-fertilizer-supply-amid-china-reliance/

 

Cereals and fertilizers inflation

Bienvenido Oplas Jr., May 14, 2026

https://www.philstar.com/business/2026/05/14/2527726/cereals-and-fertilizers-inflation

 

DA: Rice prices may hit P62/kg in September due to high fertilizer costs

Keith Clores. April 29, 2026

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2220275/da-rice-prices-may-hit-p62-kg-in-september-due-to-high-fertilizer-costs



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