Agriculture In-depth-- Fertilizer price takes big bite out of row crop farmer income in 2025
Fri Feb 06 2026
The U.S. is heavily dependent on Canada for potash and China and Mexico for fertilizers. Building a nitrogen fertilizer production facility is capital-intensive, sometimes costing as much as $5-billion. Development of a potash or phosphate mine is expensive and can take up to a decade to complete. In this episode, chief economist at The Fertilizer Institute Veronica Nigh talks about the affect tariffs and political tensions had on global fertilizer supplies in 2025.
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The U.S. is heavily dependent on Canada for potash and China and Mexico for fertilizers. Building a nitrogen fertilizer production facility is capital-intensive, sometimes costing as much as $5-billion. Development of a potash or phosphate mine is expensive and can take up to a decade to complete. In this episode, chief economist at The Fertilizer Institute Veronica Nigh talks about the affect tariffs and political tensions had on global fertilizer supplies in 2025.