Prices of all eight major fertilizers were higher in the first full week
of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, only one fertilizer was
significantly higher, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. The
remaining seven nutrients were just slightly more expensive.
7^DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour
concluded Tuesday, May 12, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 38.3
bushels per acre.
BWinter Wheat Tour Day 1 Yields 38.3 BPA
Farmers highlighted their frustrations over fertilizer price moves, while
senators drilled into questions over price reporting and expanding fertilizer
supplies during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tuesday. At least one
witness called on Congress to consider more aid relief for producers to deal
with the price impacts caused by the war in Iran.
FHow Does Congress Deal With Fertilizer?
COVID-19, remote work and demographic shifts ended decades of population
decline in rural America.
BRural Resilience - 2
A system will spread showers through the Canadian Prairies during the next
several days. Cold air will flow in behind the system, leading to more frosts
and freezes for the region.
:^Canadian Prairies Weather Outlook
