date:Aug 08, 2013
izer prices in Illinois from August 2008 till the present. Fertilizer prices were the highest in fall 2008, with anhydrous ammonia prices above $1,200 per ton. From these levels, prices fell until late summer 2009, with anhydrous ammonia price reaching a low of $498 per ton. From these lows, fertilizer prices rose and reached plateaus. During the period when much of the fertilizer for the 2013 crop was purchased - August 2012 till June 2013 - fertilizer prices averaged $868 per ton for anhydrous