For the fourth consecutive week, average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month, though none were up significantly.
All eight major fertilizers are higher compared to last month. This marks the second time recently this has happened. Two fertilizers (urea, UAN28) were significantly more expensive looking back a month ago.
A pair of small farm operations in Johnson County, Texas, allege that their farms were contaminated after Synagro provided a neighboring farmer with a biosolid fertilizer that contained high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS chemicals.
Most average retail fertilizer prices rose in the third week of February 2024, with prices for five of the eight major fertilizers higher than last month and prices for the remaining three fertilizers lower. For the fourth week in a row, no fertilizer price moved significantly up or down.