DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices are continuing to jump higher but recent increases have become much more pronounced -- with four of the fertilizers seeing double-digit increases from a month ago.

According to prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of March 2026, all eight of the major fertilizers are more expensive compared to last month.

Five of the eight major fertilizers had considerable price increases compared to prior month. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Urea led the way higher as the nitrogen fertilizer was an incredible 35% higher compared to last month. The liquid fertilizer had an average price of $826/ton; last week the price was $677/ton.

Urea is more than $800/ton for first time since the third week of November 2022. That week the average price was $802/ton.

Both anhydrous and UAN32 were 20% higher looking back a month. Anhydrous had an average price of $1,035/ton while UAN32 was at $558/ton.

Anhydrous was above the $1,000/ton level for the first time since the second week of April 2023. That week the average anhydrous price was $1,003/ton.

UAN32 was above the $500/ton level for the first time since the first week of July 2025. That week the average price was $501/ton.

UAN28 was 17% higher looking back to the prior month and had an average price of $484/ton. 10-34-0 was 7% more expensive than last month and had an average price of $710/ton.

This was the first time 10-34-0 has been above the $700/ton level since the second week of August 2023. The average price that week was $705/ton.

The remaining three nutrients were slightly higher in price compared to last month. DAP had an average price of $857/ton, MAP was $906/ton and potash $489/ton.

MAP has risen above the $900/ton price level for the first time since the second week of December 2025. That week the average MAP price was $917/ton.

On a price per pound of nitrogen basis, the average urea price was $0.90/lb.N, anhydrous $0.63/lb.N, UAN28 $0.86/lb.N and UAN32 $0.87/lb.N.

With the average anhydrous price now above $1,000/ton, I thought it would be interesting to go back through our data set to see some of the high prices for that nitrogen fertilizer.

The highest anhydrous price in our data, which goes back to the first week of November 2008, came in the third and fourth week of April 2022. The average price then was $1,534/ton.

As you might recall, fertilizer prices were elevated for a couple of years because of various supply issues across the world. Four-digit anhydrous prices were present from the first week of November 2021 to the third week of April 2023.

The only other time anhydrous was at $1,000/ton or higher was at the very beginning of our data. For the first two weeks of our data in November 2008, anhydrous was slightly above $1,000/ton.

On the other end of the spectrum, the lowest anhydrous price in our data came the fourth week of October 2017. That week the average price was $393/ton. There were many weeks of sub-$500/ton anhydrous in 2017 and 2018, according to our data.

Hopefully we see lower prices again.

All eight fertilizers are now higher in price compared to one year earlier: potash by 6%, 10-34-0 9%, MAP 11%, DAP 12%, UAN32 32%, both anhydrous and UAN28 34%, and urea by 46%.

DTN gathers fertilizer price bids from agriculture retailers each week to compile the DTN Fertilizer Index. DTN first began reporting data in November 2008.

In addition to national averages, MyDTN subscribers can access the full DTN Fertilizer Index, which includes state averages, here: https://www.mydtn.com/….

Several groups, including the American Soybean Association (AMA), send a letter to the US Department of Commerce urging the revocation of countervailing duties (CVDs) on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia, according to an AMA press release. You can read about it here: https://www.dtnpf.com/….

Dry
Date Range	DAP	MAP	POTASH	UREA
Mar 24-28 2025	768	819	462	565
Apr 21-25 2025	784	821	468	579
May 19-23 2025	798	827	470	652
June 16-20 2025	807	833	474	655
July 14-18 2025	811	847	481	654
Aug 11-15 2025	825	895	484	642
Sep 8-12 2025	862	917	488	631
Oct 6-10 2025	921	922	485	601
Nov 3-7 2025	926	930	489	597
Dec 1-5 2025	916	921	489	586
Dec 29-Jan 2 2026	847	876	484	566
Jan 26-30 2026	851	866	485	583
Feb 23-27 2026	853	880	486	611
Mar 23-27 2026	857	906	489	826
Liquid
Date Range	10-34-0	ANHYD	UAN28	UAN32
Mar 24-28 2025	650	770	360	423
Apr 21-25 2025	656	781	381	449
May 19-23 2025	666	779	414	494
June 16-20 2025	669	773	417	495
July 14-18 2025	672	769	417	499
Aug 11-15 2025	669	762	421	489
Sep 8-12 2025	667	768	414	482
Oct 6-10 2025	666	814	419	466
Nov 3-7 2025	666	858	414	465
Dec 1-5 2025	667	865	414	465
Dec 29-Jan 2 2026	674	867	411	466
Jan 26-30 2026	665	856	408	464
Feb 23-27 2026	665	865	412	465
Mar 23-27 2026	710	1035	484	558

Russ Quinn can be reached at Russ.Quinn@dtn.com

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