Urea prices are down 40 percent since the spring of 2022, while anhydrous prices have plummeted 42 percent, according to DTN.
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Producers face crunch time in fertilizer logistics
When you drop by your normal fertilizer supply outlet only to find they are temporarily out of phosphate, sulfur, urea or something else you want, it probably isn’t the fault of the person sitting at the blender controls. The entire logistical system is struggling.
Nutrien cuts earnings forecast
The Canadian firm’s North America potash sales volume dropped 30 percent, with prices averaging $401 per tonne during the reported quarter, 41 percent lower compared with last year.
Russia remains dominant in fertilizer market
Many believe the world placed sanctions or blockades on Russian fertilizer, but an industry observer says that’s a myth
Some individual companies decided not to do business with Russian fertilizer manufacturers because they were concerned about vessel availability, rising insurance costs, financing issues and soaring Black Sea freight rates. But they soon overcame those obstacles and Russian fertilizer started flowing to markets around the world.
Bacterial inoculant for tubers
XiteBio spokesperson Richard Clement said commercial trials at Shilo, Manitoba have increased potato production by an average of 10 to 44 bags per acre in the last few years.
Low prices curb European fertilizer production
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Yara has idled more than half of its European ammonia production capacity because of a steep drop in fertilizer prices and reported first-quarter earnings well below forecasts on April 28, as farmers delayed purchases hoping for even lower prices. The weaker results were due to steep market price declines, impacting both […] Read more
Mandatory fertilizer target rejected
Witnesses told the committee that even if the target to reduce emissions from fertilizer use by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030 is voluntary, it is another demand on producers at a time of uncertainty.
Profitability has been squeezed but situation not terrible
If the world remains more concerned about a recession than it does about hunger and higher food prices, farmers might have to wait through some glum months of disappointing prices and high costs until there’s better profitability.
But if those tightening stocks keep getting tighter, farmers’ profitability situation might get brighter in a hurry.
Flooding stops Mississippi River barge traffic
Closures that could last for weeks will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find more costly transportation alternatives
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted barge traffic across a wide swath of the upper Mississippi River, it said April 27, as record winter snowfall is melting and flooding into waterways. The closures will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find alternative, potentially more costly, transportation by truck or rail, […] Read more
Seal a seed within a droplet
The QuadApplicator earned its name from the fact that it can apply four main liquid products: fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide plus cover crop seeds ensconced in large droplets of prescribed liquid nutrient.
