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  • The average retail price of MAP during the last week of 2025 was $876 per ton, down 5% from the previous month. (DTN chart)

    DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

    Retail fertilizer prices were mixed for the last week of 2025. Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were lower than last month, while prices for the remaining three fertilizers were slightly higher. Two fertilizers had a...

  • DAP was 6% cheaper than last month. The phosphorus fertilizer had an average price of $866/ton. Compared to a year ago, DAP is 17% higher in price. (DTN chart)

    DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

    Retail fertilizer prices are now mostly lower for the fourth week of December 2025. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month, while one fertilizer moved slightly higher. Just one fertilizer had a...

  • Total corn production and harvested acres are expected to reach new all-time highs at 16.752 billion bushels (bb) from 90 million acres, surpassing the 15.341 bb harvested from 86.5 million acres in 2023. (DTN file photo by EllaMae Reiff)

    Top 10 Ag Stories of 2025: No. 2

    No. 2 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of the Year focuses on how, in 2025, both corn and soybeans could record all-time high average yields, and they could have been even higher had late-season dryness and disease not "took the top off" the crop.

  • Canada is the world's top potash fertilizer producing and exporting country, helping a well-supplied global market. (Chart courtesy of Josh Linville, StoneX)

    Global Fertilizer Outlook - 3

    Ample global supplies of potash make the nutrient's affordability much more positive compared to other nutrients. Fertilizer analysts believe the price outlook for 2026 will most likely be steady, barring various geopolitical issues clouding the prediction.

  • The average retail price of anhydrous during the third week of December 2025 was $864/ton. Anhydrous is now 20% higher than it was a year ago. (DTN chart)

    DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

    For the second week in a row, retail fertilizer prices are now mostly lower for the third week of December 2025. Six of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month while the remaining two were slightly more expensive. Three fertilizers had a...

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Crop Markets

Description Last Chg More
NATIONAL CORN INDEX [ 0 ]
4.0999 0.0238
Symbol: NCI.X
Open: 4.0999
Close: 4.0999
Volume: 0
Previous: 4.0761
% Change: 0.58
YTD Change: 0.0808
YTD % Change: 2.01
Low: 4.0999
High: 4.0999
Exchange: DTN
Trade Time: 1/7/2026 7:00 PM
NATIONAL SOYBEAN INDEX [ 0 ]
9.9590 0.1154
Symbol: NSI.X
Open: 9.959
Close: 9.959
Volume: 0
Previous: 9.8436
% Change: 1.17
YTD Change: 0.2678
YTD % Change: 2.76
Low: 9.959
High: 9.959
Exchange: DTN
Trade Time: 1/7/2026 7:00 PM
SRW WHEAT INDEX [ 0 ]
4.6331 0.0773
Symbol: SR.X
Open: 4.6331
Close: 4.6331
Volume: 0
Previous: 4.5558
% Change: 1.7
YTD Change: 0.1010
YTD % Change: 2.23
Low: 4.6331
High: 4.6331
Exchange: DTN
Trade Time: 1/7/2026 7:00 PM
HRW WHEAT INDEX [ 0 ]
4.6133 0.1030
Symbol: HW.X
Open: 4.6133
Close: 4.6133
Volume: 0
Previous: 4.5103
% Change: 2.28
YTD Change: 0.1727
YTD % Change: 3.89
Low: 4.6133
High: 4.6133
Exchange: DTN
Trade Time: 1/7/2026 7:00 PM
HRS WHEAT INDEX [ 0 ]
5.5450 0.0355
Symbol: SW.X
Open: 5.545
Close: 5.545
Volume: 0
Previous: 5.5095
% Change: 0.64
YTD Change: -0.0183
YTD % Change: -0.33
Low: 5.545
High: 5.545
Exchange: DTN
Trade Time: 1/7/2026 7:00 PM
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