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The Push-Pull of the Fertilizer Market

Published September 6, 2024

Farmers seem to be waiting for lower fertilizer prices while the retail sector holds prices firm. “What we’ve seen before were a lot of signals prices should go higher; suddenly you wake up one morning and the price is falling,”…

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High Fertilizer Prices

Published August 22, 2024

Fertilizer prices are high but StoneX Vice President of Fertilizer Josh Linville says some global situations could cause these prices to continue to rise. Demand for fertilizers worldwide are strong. "India is very low on their stockpiles. They're the biggest…

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Egypt Benefitting From Slow Urea Market

Published May 16, 2024

Global nitrogen market conditions have led to a standoff between buyers and suppliers, but one country has managed to move the needle with a series of smaller sales.  "Recently, in the last couple of days on the global urea market,…

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Spring Fertilizer Outlook

Published March 28, 2024

StoneX Vice President of Fertilizer Josh Linville is reporting industry challenges in getting product to where it will be needed this spring, especially for phosphate and UAN. A huge fall run for phosphate emptied the pipeline and there has been…

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Spring Fertilizer Season is 90 Days Out

Published December 18, 2023

StoneX Director of Fertilizer Josh Linville says the fall fertilizer run was huge. "Mother Nature really played nicely with us this year," said Linville. "Now we have to start looking at resupply and that's the unfortunate part; we're in the…

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Fertilizer Market Impacts

Published October 20, 2023

Mississippi River levels are the biggest influence on fertilizer markets right now according to StoneX Vice President of Fertilizer Josh Linville. A lot of product is already in place, but there’s still a tremendous amount of price risk in the…

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Little Impact Seen for Fertilizer

Published October 10, 2023

Israel is the fourth largest exporter of potash worldwide. StoneX fertilizer specialist Josh Linville said those operations do not appear to be impacted by the Hamas attack on Israel. Rising energy prices will be the thing to watch for an…

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Fertilizer Markets Focus on India and China

Published September 11, 2023

Despite turmoil, Russia has still been able to export fertilizer products at higher rates than anticipated. StoneX Director of Fertilizer Josh Linville says news of India making big urea purchases and China slowing down exports has caused markets to jump.…

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High Fertilizer Costs Influenced by China

Published October 19, 2021

Wholesale fertilizer prices have quadrupled from one year ago. StoneX Fertilizer Division Director Josh Linville says there are numerous factors at play. That includes a decision by China to ban fertilizer exports. "The (Chinese) government has come out with a…

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Stimulus Money Credited for Market Volatility

Published May 4, 2021

The volatility in the grain market can be credited to an infusion of government money into the economy. That’s the word from StoneX Chief Commodities Economist Arlan Suderman. "We've increased money supply in our economy by about $5 trillion due…

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