5 Fertilizers Significantly Cost More Than Month Ago, 4 by Double Digits

OMAHA (DTN) — Five of eight major fertilizers had sizable retail price increases compared to the prior month, four by double digits, according to sellers tracked by DTN for the first full week of April 2026. This is the third week in row these five have been higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Urea led the way higher again as the nitrogen fertilizer was 26% higher compared to last month. The nitrogen fertilizer had an average price of $847/ton.

Anhydrous was 18% higher than a month ago and had an average price of $1,088/ton. UAN32 was 17% more expensive than last month and had an average price of $572/ton.

UAN28 was 10% higher compared to last month with an average price of $513/ton. 10-34-0 was 7% more expensive with an average price of $717/ton.

UAN28 is above the $500/ton level for the first time since the last week of January 2023. That week the price was $518/ton.

The remaining three nutrients were just slightly higher in price compared to last month. DAP had an average price of $866/ton, MAP was $922/ton and potash $489/ton.

On a price per pound of nitrogen basis, the average urea price was $0.92/lb.N, anhydrous $0.66/lb.N, UAN28 $0.92/lb.N and UAN32 $0.89/lb.N.

A new survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released earlier this week shows farmers have felt the negative effects of high input prices, especially fertilizer prices. Read more about this here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2026/04/14/afbf-survey-american-famers-affected.

Zippy Duvall, president of AFBF, said farmers are really worried about the current situation they find themselves in. Farmers face considerably higher nutrient prices if they did not preorder before the start of the military conflict in the Middle East.

In addition, diesel fuel prices are also significantly more expensive because of the war with Iran.

Duvall said preordering of fertilizer varied by region for U.S. farmers. Most of the Midwest corn and soybean producers did lock in fertilizer prices before the recent increase, but a majority of Southern cotton and rice farmers did not lock in their fertilizer costs.

“Producers will cut crop acres or cut back on fertilizer (applied),” Duvall said.

All eight fertilizers are now higher in price compared to one year earlier, by the following amounts: potash, 5%; 10-34-0, 10%; both MAP and DAP, 12%; UAN32, 30%; UAN28, 38%; anhydrous, 40%; and urea, 48%.

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/agriculture/web/ag/markets/fuels-fertilizers#!/fertilizers.

A recent DTN poll showed that 65% of respondents had already preordered their fertilizer needs for the 2026 growing season. You can read about here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2026/04/08/5-fertilizers-significantly-urea-34.

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