fertilizer prices

Volatility in farm input costs here to stay, MU researcher says

November 3, 2022 | By Ben Brown, University of Missouri Senior Research Associate

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Increased volatility in prices of farm inputs such as fertilizer is likely here to stay well into 2023, says Ben Brown, University of Missouri senior research associate for the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. U.S. prices for fertilizer stabilized in June and then declined in July and August, but Brown says it…

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Managing potassium and phosphorus when prices are high

November 26, 2021 | By LINDA GEIST, University of Missouri Extension

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Farmers understand fertilizer prices fluctuate with time. “We are living through a substantial shift in potassium and phosphorus prices, from low prices in the 2020 growing season to the highest prices in the past decade for fertilizer purchased now for the 2022 growing season,” says John Lory, University of Missouri Extension nutrient…

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