All eight major fertilizer prices were higher for the third full week of
April 2026 compared to a month earlier. Six fertilizers were again
significantly more expensive, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. In a
bit of somewhat good news, only one fertilizer was double-digits higher.
BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
Funds have been building a significant net-long position ahead of a
potential corn market rally. Whether it turns out to be like the 2020 version
is yet to be seen but does need to be on the radar.
BCanada Markets
Highlighting a coordinated push across the Trump administration on
fertilizer challenges, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday held a press
conference with three other Cabinet members, a White House economic adviser and
members of Congress to lay out plans to increase access to fertilizer and lower
prices.
BRollins Lays Out Fertilizer Agenda
La Nina's late impact in the Great Plains resembles 2022 and 2023.
BAg Weather Forum
Once considered the largest office building in the world and a symbol of
federal ambition during FDR's New Deal, USDA's South Building is now facing a
far different legacy: an underused, aging complex burdened with a maintenance
backlog topping $1.6 billion. USDA officials have to figure out how to close
and potentially sell one of the biggest office buildings in Washington, D.C.
BAge Catches Up to USDA South Building
