The limited availability of phosphates in the US , especially with the idling of Mosaic 's Plant City facility in Mosaic , is forcing up prices domestically on top of already rising international prices. The suspension of production from the Mosaic plant has removed around 320,000 tons per quarter from domestic supplies and had contributed to the 11% rise in DAP phosphate ( DAP ) and Monoammonium phosphate ( MAP ) imports from January to June of this year , while exports have also fallen 43% to 1.69 million tons . Early planting prospects from the field suggest that corn acreage could climb to 95mn acres next year as soybean values plummet amid ongoing trade disputes with China and crop expansion in Brazil and Argentina. Strong demand from Plant City may make supplies on the international market harder to come by as well.
The limited availability of phosphates in the US , especially with the idling of Mosaic 's Plant City facility in Mosaic , is forcing up prices domestically on top of already rising international prices. The suspension of production from the Mosaic plant has removed around 320,000 tons per quarter from domestic supplies and had contributed to the 11% rise in DAP phosphate ( DAP ) and Monoammonium phosphate ( MAP ) imports from January to June of this year , while exports have also fallen 43% to 1.69 million tons . Strong demand from Plant City may make supplies on the international market harder to come by as well.