- DTN Headline News
DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
By Russ Quinn
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 12:25PM CST

OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of December 2024 once again showed most nutrients higher, but just slightly.

Six of the eight major fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month. As has been the case in recent weeks, no fertilizer had a sizeable price increase or decline. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

The six slightly higher fertilizers are DAP which had an average price of $739/ton, MAP $816/ton, urea $496/ton, 10-34-0 $611/ton, anhydrous $719/ton and UAN28 $324/ton.

Two fertilizers were slightly less expensive than a month ago. Potash had an average price of $443/ton while UAN32 is $363/ton looking back to the prior month.

On a price per pound of nitrogen basis, the average urea price was $0.54/lb.N, anhydrous $0.44/lb.N, UAN28 $0.58/lb.N and UAN32 $0.57/lb.N.

Yara recently began production of renewable-based ammonia in Brazil. The report by World Fertilizer can be seen here, https://www.worldfertilizer.com/…. A purified biogas made from sugarcane waste, biomethane can seamlessly replace fossil natural gas, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%.

This achievement demonstrates Yara's commitment to decarbonizing the food and industrial value chains as the company progresses toward carbon neutrality by 2050, according to the article.

"This is a significant step in building renewable-based value chains across sectors and industries, from food and mining to on- and off-shore transport," Marcelo Altieri, president of Yara Brazil, said.

Yara's industrial complex in Cubatao, the largest consumer of natural gas in Sao Paulo and Brazil's leading ammonia producer, is now fully equipped to operate with biomethane.

Two fertilizers are now higher in price compared to one year ago. 10-34-0 is 3% higher while DAP is 4% more expensive looking back to last year.

The remaining six fertilizers are lower. MAP is 1% lower, UAN28 is 5% less expensive, urea is 9% lower, UAN32 is 11% less expensive, potash is 14% lower and anhydrous 15% less expensive compared 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/….

Intrepid Potash named a new CEO, according to Dow Jones. You can read about it here: https://www.dtnpf.com/….

Dry
Date Range DAP MAP POTASH UREA
Dec 4-8 2023 713 820 516 543
Jan 1-5 2024 725 812 513 534
Jan 29-Feb 2 2024 735 809 509 527
Feb 26-Mar 1 2024 756 812 505 536
Mar 25-29 2024 779 827 513 576
Apr 22-26 2024 781 830 513 585
May 20-24 2024 783 829 509 555
Jun 17-21 2024 778 827 507 510
Jul 15-19 2024 756 821 503 506
Aug 12-16 2024 745 817 501 500
Sep 9-13 2024 735 808 464 489
Oct 7-11 2024 735 805 448 485
Nov 4-8 2024 739 810 444 496
Dec 2-6 2024 739 816 443 496
Liquid
Date Range 10-34-0 ANHYD UAN28 UAN32
Dec 4-8 2023 595 847 340 409
Jan 1-5 2024 599 789 336 394
Jan 29-Feb 2 2024 610 770 334 390
Feb 26-Mar 1 2024 615 769 341 394
Mar 25-29 2024 632 794 360 404
Apr 22-26 2024 641 794 364 418
May 20-24 2024 642 781 359 418
Jun 17-21 2024 642 705 350 389
Jul 15-19 2024 642 696 339 377
Aug 12-16 2024 640 678 337 376
Sep 9-13 2024 596 684 329 351
Oct 7-11 2024 590 688 316 350
Nov 4-8 2024 607 711 322 364
Dec 2-6 2024 611 719 324 363

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

Follow him on social platform X @RussQuinnDTN


blog iconDTN Blogs & Forums
DTN Market Matters Blog
Editorial Staff
Monday, December 9, 2024 9:04AM CST
Friday, December 6, 2024 12:13PM CST
Friday, December 6, 2024 12:13PM CST
Fundamentally Speaking
Joel Karlin
DTN Contributing Analyst
Monday, December 9, 2024 11:02AM CST
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 12:48PM CST
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 10:08AM CST
Minding Ag's Business
Katie Behlinger
Farm Business Editor
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 8:01AM CST
Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:31PM CST
Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:31PM CST
DTN Ag Weather Forum
Bryce Anderson
DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 12:19PM CST
Monday, December 9, 2024 11:28AM CST
Friday, December 6, 2024 3:10PM CST
DTN Production Blog
Pam Smith
Crops Technology Editor
Friday, December 6, 2024 2:27PM CST
Friday, November 15, 2024 6:31AM CST
Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:48AM CST
South America Calling
Editorial Staff
Thursday, December 5, 2024 4:02PM CST
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 11:14AM CST
Friday, November 15, 2024 10:51AM CST
An Urban’s Rural View
Urban Lehner
Editor Emeritus
Monday, December 2, 2024 7:13AM CST
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:06PM CST
Monday, November 11, 2024 9:11AM CST
Canadian Markets
Cliff Jamieson
Canadian Grains Analyst
Monday, December 9, 2024 12:57PM CST
Thursday, December 5, 2024 12:47PM CST
Friday, November 29, 2024 1:12PM CST
Editor’s Notebook
Greg D. Horstmeier
DTN Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 12:11PM CST
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 12:37PM CST
Monday, September 30, 2024 6:46AM CST
Copyright DTN. All rights reserved. Disclaimer.
Powered By DTN