DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Seven of the eight fertilizer prices tracked by DTN show month-over-month increases for the third week of October, with one nutrient showing a significant increase.

It is the fourth consecutive week that all but one fertilizer increased in price.

UAN28 led the way with a 6% increase in price from $423 per ton to $447/ton. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Two fertilizers tracked by DTN, UAN32 and potash, reported 2% price increases since last month.

UAN32 increased from $479/ton to $486/ton, while potash jumped from $498/ton to $506/ton in this latest update.

There were three nutrients tracked by DTN that saw price increases of 1% each, including anhydrous, MAP and DAP.

The price of anhydrous jumped from $977/ton to $987/ton, while MAP increased from $970/ton to $983/ton, and DAP spiked from $926/ton to $939/ton. The price of 10-34-0 increased by just $4 to $705/ton.

Just one fertilizer, urea, saw its price drop slightly from $675/ton to $674/ton.

On a price per pound of nitrogen basis, the average urea price was $0.73/lb.N, anhydrous $0.60/lb.N, UAN28 $0.80/lb.N and UAN32 $0.76/lb.N.

A new global dataset from the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment found that global fertilizer consumption doubled since 1980, while also finding that China and parts of Europe took steps to reduce usage.

The dataset provides specific application rates for nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers for every country from 1980 to 2022.

The study also found countries with low nutrient application rates 40 years ago, including Ethiopia and Vietnam, have been moving toward higher fertilizer use rates.

Some regions of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa, are using minimal fertilizer.

"The team compiled 800,000 existing data points, building imputation software to complete the picture," according to a news release from the University of Minnesota.

"The resulting dataset includes application rates for 156 crops plus pastures and forests, providing the first-ever picture of all three major nutrients, at the individual crop level, in a continuous global record."

All eight fertilizers are now higher in price compared to one year earlier.

DAP is 1% higher, potash 4% is more expensive, UAN32 is 4% higher, MAP is 5% higher and 10-34-0 are 6% more expensive, UAN28 is 8% higher, urea is 13% more expensive and anhydrous is 17% higher looking back to last year.

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/….

DRY
Date Range	DAP	MAP	POTASH	UREA
Oct 20-24 2025	926	932	487	598
Nov 17-21 2025	928	926	490	594
Dec 15-19 2025	873	884	484	567
Jan 12-16 2026	847	863	482	573
Feb 9-13 2026	851	879	487	601
Mar 9-13 2026	851	889	488	674
Apr 6-10 2026	866	922	489	847
May 4-8 2026	914	942	493	865
Jun 1-5 2026	908	955	493	812
Jun 29-Jul 2 2026	910	953	494	718
Jul 27-31 2026	914	958	494	686
Aug 24-28 2026	918	959	493	655
Sep 21-25 2026	926	970	498	675
Oct 19-23 2026	939	983	506	674
LIQUID
Date Range	10-34-0	ANHYD	UAN28	UAN32
Oct 20-24 2025	667	842	413	466
Nov 17-21 2025	667	862	417	466
Dec 15-19 2025	674	864	409	466
Jan 12-16 2026	664	856	408	465
Feb 9-13 2026	665	861	411	465
Mar 9-13 2026	670	924	464	489
Apr 6-10 2026	717	1088	513	572
May 4-8 2026	722	1118	530	596
Jun 1-5 2026	725	1114	534	584
Jun 29-Jul 2 2026	725	1036	504	533
Jul 27-31 2026	718	960	464	459
Aug 24-28 2026	715	923	428	458
Sep 21-25 2026	701	977	423	479
Oct 19-23 2026	705	987	447	486

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