Ceasefire does little to ease fertilizer market woes

A ceasefire can change the mood overnight, but it cannot instantly move ships, lower insurance, or restore trust in a trade lane that suddenly feels risky. We sit down with Chris Vlachopoulos, fertilizer specialist and senior editor at ICIS, to unpack what the U.S. and Iran two-week ceasefire really means for the fertilizer market and for anyone watching input costs ahead of planting season. 

We dig into the disconnect between improved sentiment and stubborn reality: reports of no inbound traffic, significant volumes of fertilizer stuck in transit, and freight and insurance premiums that keep pressure on d...