U.S. Gulf: Potash barge business continued to be quiet, with the most recent business put within the $465-$475/st FOB range.
Eastern Cornbelt: Agrium announced new potash postings, effective July 1. Warehouse postings for red premium potash moved to $510/st FOB Illinois terminals at Rock Island, Granite City, Calumet City, and Marseilles; Indiana terminals at Garrett and Mt. Vernon; Ohio terminals at Washington Court House, E. Liverpool, and Toledo; Owensboro, Ky.; and Saginaw, Mich. Those warehouse postings match earlier reference prices announced by PCS Sales on June 11.
Agrium’s postings for rail-delivered red premium potash moved on July 1 to $520/st in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois.
Western Cornbelt: Effective July 1, Agrium’s warehouse postings for red premium potash moved to $510/st FOB New Madrid, Mo., Homestead, Neb., and Iowa terminals at Sioux City and Camanche. Agrium’s postings for rail-delivered red premium potash moved on July 1 to $520/st in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
Northern Plains: Potash pricing was also down from last report, with new postings announced in July. Sources quoted the warehouse market at $505-$515/st FOB, depending on location. The market FOB Saskatchewan mines was reported at the $470/st level on the low end, with delivered potash pegged in the $510-$520/st range in the region.
Agrium announced new potash postings, effective July 1. The company’s postings FOB Vade, Sask., moved to $480/st for standard and $485/st for premium. Warehouse postings for red premium potash moved to $505/st FOB Grand Forks and Colfax, N.D., and $510/st FOB Shakopee, Minn. Agrium’s postings for rail-delivered red premium potash moved on July 1 to $520/st in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas.
Northeast: Agrium announced new potash postings, effective July 1. Warehouse postings for red premium potash moved to $517/st FOB Lynchburg, Va., and $520/st FOB Mulberry, Fla., and Georgia terminals at Americus, Bainbridge, Savannah, and Tifton.
Agrium’s postings for rail-delivered red premium potash moved on July 1 to $530/st in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, the Carolinas, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Granular potash postings from PCS Sales are slated to firm from $520/st to $540/st FOB Baltimore, Md., on July 21.
Eastern Canada: Potash pricing out of Ontario warehouses had reportedly slipped to $580-$590/mt FOB, with the low for red granular and the upper end for white granular tons.
Sulfate of potash (SOP) was steady at $830/mt FOB in Ontario.
The K-Mag market remained at $495/mt FOB regional warehouses, and was in tight supply in Eastern Canada.
Pacific Northwest: In the Pacific Northwest, Agrium’s potash postings moved on July 1 to $530/st FOB and $540/st rail-DEL in Southern Idaho, Utah, and Oregon’s Malheur County; $535/st FOB and $545/st rail-DEL in Washington, the Idaho panhandle, and Oregon excluding Malheur County and the Willamette Valley; and $540/st FOB and $550/st rail-DEL in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.