Linville: North America is self-sufficient across major fertilizers except urea
Josh Linville · Inside the global fertilizer crunch · May 14, 2026 · at 6:47
StoneX fertilizer expert Josh Linville details North America's supply self-sufficiency breakdown across various key fertilizer nutrient categories.
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“We are self-sufficient on potash. From a Canadian standpoint, they are the biggest producer and exporter in the world. We are mostly self-sufficient on phosphate as the spring season has shown. UAN and anhydrous, both nitrogen products, we produce almost all that we need here in the North America marketplace. Urea is the one that we need the most imported. We are nowhere near self-sufficient.”
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