E172: Fall Fertilizer Update with Russ Quinn

Fertilizer prices across the board are down off near all-time highs from this time last year, and providing less angst as the farm sector moves into the winter months. However, that doesn’t mean that uncertainty and risk are gone, as two global conflicts in key fertilizer exporting regions threaten to throttle supply if conditions change. This week, we’re joined by DTN editor and reporter Russ Quinn to dig into the current market conditions, and what’s likely to drive them going forward. We’ll explore the latest price trends, tracking the global trade in key nitrogen, phosphorus and potash markets that are no longer being affected by sluggish supply chains and a global pandemic, but instead face negative and positive pressures from new Chinese exports, and investment in US domestic fertilizer production, and the outlook for winter weather around the globe. We’ll also discuss advice for farmers as they follow fertilizer market news in the coming months, unpack expectations about potential wild cards, and hear how past conflicts might come back to haunt crop nutrients.Read more of Russ’s reporting on the fertilizer markets here.