Planting delays push fertilizer prices lower

Farmers are seeing a slight dip in fertilizer prices this spring.

Jason Troendle, Director of Market Intelligence and Research with The Fertilizer Institute, says weather-related planting delays have pressured the market. “We don’t anticipate them to drop significantly,” he said.

He tells Brownfield India has re-entered the market, which could firm global prices once again. “With them kind of waiting to this point to come to the market, that has allowed some stuff to soften as well,” Troendle said.

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