DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
Retail fertilizer prices were mostly lower for the second week in a row, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of June 2026. Leading the fertilizers lower were urea and UAN32. Urea was 12% less expensive with an average price of $731/ton while UAN32 was 7% lower compared to last month and had an average price of $544/ton.
Farm Groups Signal Key Farm Bill Fights
With negotiations entering a new phase, farm groups are embracing the Senate farm bill draft while advancing new requests and renewed priorities before lawmakers finalize the bill.
USDA Responsive to Prevent Plant Buy-Up
USDA Undersecretary Richard Fordyce told lawmakers that commodity program implementation is nearing completion, while lawmakers raised concerns about the likely return of prevent plant buy-up coverage, oversubscribed conservation programs, staffing shortages, ad hoc disaster payments and crop insurance costs in low-risk states.