Phosphorus fertiliser could hit $1300/t port next year

Gregor Heard
Updated November 17 2021 - 9:50am, first published November 16 2021 - 4:00pm
SOARING: Prices for both phosphorus and nitrogen-based fertilisers have sky-rocketed in 2021 due to high demand and rising input costs.
SOARING: Prices for both phosphorus and nitrogen-based fertilisers have sky-rocketed in 2021 due to high demand and rising input costs.

AUSTRALIAN farmers may be confronted with wholesale phosphorus fertiliser prices in excess of $A1500 a tonne for delivery at port in autumn next year when the nation's fertilser demand peaks in line with the planting of the winter crop.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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