Overview

The Argus North American Fertilizer service is your reliable and proven source of North American fertilizer market intelligence, covering all major fertilizer commodities. The service provides independent, highly robust and relied upon reporting of prices, the latest deals, market-moving news, regulatory developments, valuable market commentary and actionable insight.

We empower market participants to make informed business decisions through:

  • Independent, highly robust and relied upon weekly price assessments
  • Up-to-date and timely reporting on trade, market developments and consequent price movements
  • Insightful and actionable commentary from our fertilizer market experts
  • Powerful online tools, dashboards and proprietary data
 

Key features

Key North American weekly fertilizer price assessments

Industry-leading independent and highly robust weekly fertilizer price assessments

Unrivalled methodology

Argus North American Fertilizer is underpinned by the most robust, transparent and credible market-appropriate methodology, developed with the industry to ensure our price assessments are a true reflection of how the markets trade

Market-moving news and insightful commentary

Argus Fertilizer North America provides regular news, commentary and analysis from our expert teams of editors and reporters

Coverage of all the key fertilizer commodities

Argus Fertilizer North America includes coverage of nitrogen (granular and prilled urea, UAN, ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulphate), ammonia, Phosphates (DAP, MAP), potash, sulphur and sulphuric acid

Fundamentals analysis

Argus Fertilizer North America includes analysis of key fundamentals markets including agriculture (including crop prices and weather), ethanol, copper and feedstocks (including natural gas and LNG)

Freight rates coverage

Argus Fertilizer North America includes global freight rates and barge freight assessments to key North American river destinations

Customers that benefit

The Argus North American Fertilizer service is a valuable tool for traders, importers, suppliers, distributors and others. Below are examples of how some clients use this service:
  • Domestic and international producers and trading companies

    Leverage Argus fertilizer pricing in the processing and procurement of raw materials and blending. Traders involved in the buying and selling of fertilizers use our price assessments when negotiating trades and contracts. Our price assessments provide domestic and international businesses with supply certainty at sustainable prices.

  • Banks

    Leverage Argus fertilizer pricing and analysis as they provide financing to businesses supporting the advancement of the agri-business.
  • Co-ops and wholesalers

    Sell large quantities of fertilizers to farmers and retail outlets and depend on Argus price assessments and market data, including transportation and logistical information.

  • Retailers

    Rely on Argus fertilizers pricing and market assessments for price negotiations in the distribution of products through domestic retail outlets.