Poland revises reference fertiliser prices, mostly lowering them
Poland's agriculture minister Stefan Krajewski signed a new notice on reference prices for fertiliser aid. They are now based on prices gathered by farm advisers at points of sale rather than on statistics office data.
Stefan Krajewski, Poland's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, announced on social media on 12 November that he had signed a new notice on the reference prices used to calculate state fertiliser aid for 2026. The change affects farmers who receive compensation for fertiliser costs.
What changed
Previously the reference prices were set using data from Poland's Central Statistical Office (GUS) and the Agricultural Advisory Centre. Farmers criticised them as too low, and the minister had said they could be revised. The new figures rest on actual prices collected by farm advisers directly at points of sale, taking regional differences between voivodeships into account.
Krajewski wrote that aid must reflect market reality rather than statistics alone, and thanked people for their feedback.
New prices
Most prices are lower, which widens the gap between the purchase price and the reference price and lets farmers receive more. Prices are in zlotys per tonne, including VAT:
- urea: 2,333.24 (previously 2,575.3);
- ammonium nitrate: 1,730.53 (previously 1,929.6);
- potassium sulphate: 3,351.25 (previously 4,238.85);
- potassium salts: 1,770.58 (previously 2,043.15);
- superphosphate with 24–46% P2O5: 2,552.40 (previously 2,851.6);
- RSM liquid fertiliser: 1,398.24 (unchanged).
The application window at the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture closed on 23 October, but the new rates will be applied automatically to applications already submitted.
How aid is calculated
The aid equals the difference between the fertiliser purchase price and the reference price. It covers fertiliser bought between 1 March and 31 August 2026. The cap is 500 zlotys per hectare, for up to 300 hectares. If total demand from applications exceeds the available funds, a correction coefficient will proportionally reduce the payouts.
