Eastern Cornbelt: Ammonium sulfate remained at $425-$445/st FOB in the region, with mid-grade referenced at the $415/st FOB level. Ammonium thiosulfate pricing was steady at $370-$380/st FOB in the Eastern Cornbelt.
Western Cornbelt: Granular ammonium sulfate was steady at $425-$445/st FOB in the Western Cornbelt. The ammonium thiosulfate market was tagged at $365-$385/st FOB in the region, with the low reported in western Iowa.
Northern Plains: Minnesota sources tagged the granular ammonium sulfate market at $440/st FOB. North Dakota sources said ammonium sulfate tons were hard to come by in early May, with some dealers pulling product from Minnesota for as high as $490/st DEL. Dakota Gasification’s April 23 list prices for ammonium sulfate included $435/st DEL in North Dakota, $440/st DEL in South Dakota, northern Minnesota, and eastern Montana, and $445/st DEL in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The ammonium thiosulfate market was quoted at $400/st DEL in North Dakota.
Great Lakes: Granular ammonium sulfate was pegged at the $445/st FOB level in Michigan and Wisconsin, with inventories described by one source as “pretty thin.”
Ammonium thiosulfate was pegged in the $370-$380/st FOB range in the region.
Northeast: Granular ammonium sulfate pricing had reportedly firmed to $415-$425/st DEL in the Northeast region, depending on location and supplier, with the upper end of that range also reporting FOB warehouses in Pennsylvania on a spot basis.