Weekly selection of valuable news insights into agricultural resources industry dynamics.

**Industry News**

Biotechnology is quietly reshaping agricultural production models and agricultural input business patterns in Northwest China. The rapid rise of biological products has opened up new growth opportunities for the agricultural resources industry. The 2025 CBP Biological Agriculture Advancement Conference will be held in Xi'an on September 20-21.

Phosphate chemical companies have made new moves in phosphate rock resource deployment. In July, Yichang Xingfa Group's phosphate chemical full industrial chain base officially commenced construction with an investment of 20 billion yuan. In August, Xingfa Group announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Baokang Chufeng plans to acquire 50% equity of Qiaogou Mining held by Yaohua Shares. Yuntu Holdings' Ajuluojie phosphate mine and Niuniuzhai East phosphate mine have obtained mining rights. Batian's Xiaogaozhai phosphate mine achieved 2 million tons production capacity in October 2024. In 2025, Yuntianhua's subsidiary Zhenxiong phosphate mine exploration-to-mining work progresses rapidly. Phosphorus Chemical Group's Kunming Phosphate Mine No. 2 underground mining project entered trial operation phase, with the 4.5 million tons/year phosphate flotation project under planned construction. On September 3, Xinyangfeng publicly stated that the 1.8 million tons/year Baokang Zhuyuangou phosphate mine project is currently under normal construction.

Preliminary Chinese customs statistics show that from January to August 2025, China's cumulative exports of various macronutrient fertilizers reached 27.925 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 41.7%; export value was $8.033 billion, up 53.2% year-on-year. On the import side, China cumulatively imported 8.457 million tons of various fertilizers from January to August 2025, down 6.8% year-on-year; cumulative import value was $2.745 billion, down 10.0% year-on-year.

**Agricultural Focus**

The 39th China Plant Protection Information Exchange and Pesticide & Machinery Fair will be held in Nanchang, Jiangxi from November 21-23, 2025. Approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the 39th China Plant Protection Information Exchange and Pesticide & Machinery Fair is scheduled to be held in late November 2025 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. This exhibition's theme is "Prevention First, Integrated Control," hosted by the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, and co-organized by Jiangxi Plant Protection Station and Xiamen Phoenix Creative Exhibition Group Co., Ltd.

Qingdao issued measures for lenient and reduced penalties in agricultural sector. On the morning of the 10th, Qingdao Municipal Government Information Office held a regular policy briefing to introduce the "Qingdao Agricultural Sector Lenient, Reduced and Exempted Penalty Application Measures." These measures took effect on September 1, 2025, systematically organizing common agricultural law enforcement situations and categorically specifying lenient penalty conditions, with 9 categories of exempted penalty situations.

**Market Analysis**

This week, the phosphate fertilizer market is in a gaming state between high costs and weak demand. Next week is expected to see monoammonium phosphate continue its weak-stable pattern, supported by high costs but affected by weak agricultural demand and industrial-grade monoammonium phosphate decline, with prices still having fluctuation space requiring attention to autumn fertilizer preparation. Industrial-grade monoammonium phosphate still faces downward pressure; without improvement in new energy and agricultural demand, inventory pressure will force companies to offer discounts, not ruling out minor price declines. Diammonium phosphate remains firm, supported by domestic demand release, export support, and high-level costs. Export policies for small phosphate fertilizers and compound fertilizers are key.

Recent urea factory prices in Shandong, Henan and other regions have fallen to 1,600 yuan/ton, while Xinjiang urea prices for export from the region are as low as 1,250 yuan/ton, both creating new lows since late January this year. Current urea prices are at historically low levels; therefore, measures are necessary to help stop the decline in urea prices.

Recent interviews with agricultural input distributors in Guangdong, Xinjiang, and Liaoning revealed current market characteristics: Guangdong region maintains high fertilizer prices with active demand in cash crop areas but faces e-commerce competition; Xinjiang's winter wheat fertilizer preparation is generally delayed due to land contract policy impacts, with farmers' fertilizer habits shifting toward low-cost, self-blended fertilizers; Liaoning market is in traditional off-season with basic stagnation in grassroots fertilizer demand, with distributors mainly focused on maintaining customer relationships.

**Company Dynamics**

On September 11, rice farmer Zai Baodong's fields in Pangjin Dawa District welcomed special guests - outstanding distributors and large-scale farmers from various regions in Liaoning Province from Wuhan Shengda Shennong Biological Engineering Co., Ltd. (Shengda Bio), seeking the secrets of high rice yield and labor-saving methods. According to Zai Baodong, this year he used Green Boat fertilizer on 240 acres, all on saline-alkali land. After application, not only did seedlings recover well, but they also turned green quickly with multiple tillers, uniform ear position, and no fertilizer deficiency. Green Boat fertilizer is a new-type fertilizer officially launched by Shengda Bio in 2013. After more than 10 years of promotion, Green Boat fertilizer has become well-known in major grain-producing areas including Northeast, North, Central, South China, and the Yangtze River basin.

On September 11, the 10th International Granular Water-Soluble Fertilizer Summit was held in Shouguang, Shandong, with 300 domestic and international agricultural resource professionals from over 40 countries attending. Liu Xingfeng, head of summit organizer Shandong Qiaokeli Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (Qiaokeli), stated that in 2013, Qiaokeli innovatively launched the new granular water-soluble fertilizer category, breaking the history of traditional water-soluble fertilizers being only powder or liquid forms, becoming a new fertilizer category in the industry. Today, granular water-soluble fertilizers have expanded beyond China to 46 countries and regions globally, gaining recognition and acclaim from overseas users.

On September 11, based on the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key R&D project "Green Biochar-based Microbial Composite Fertilizer Creation and Industrialization," Tianjin Kunhe Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. (Kunhe Bio) conducted product application demonstration and promotion meeting for peanut crops in Luannan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. At the meeting, Kunhe Bio's new product Kunhe Jiandi Compound Microbial Fertilizer redefined the advantages of active bacteria in soil improvement through core technologies including scientific formulation of functional bacteria, highly adaptable modified porous biochar loading, "four-nitrogen integration," and "chemical-biological phosphorus-potassium."

On September 9, 2025, at the headquarters of Arab Potash Company (APC) in Amman, Jordan, Chen Shengnan, General Manager of SINOFERT Macau Limited, and Dr. Maen F. Nsour, President and CEO of APC, jointly signed a cooperation memorandum for 2026-2028. According to the memorandum, SINOFERT will continue as the exclusive agent for APC's potash sales in China.

Top domestic and international institute experts and industry representatives visited Guizhou Phosphorus Chemical Group National Key Laboratory. On September 4, the "Sustainable Science and Industry Conference" opened ceremoniously in Guiyang. The National Key Laboratory for Green and Efficient Development and Utilization of Phosphate Rock and Associated Resources, as co-organizer, was invited to attend, joining academician experts from top domestic and international institutes including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Oxford University, along with industry representatives, to discuss cutting-edge pathways for multidisciplinary integration driving industrial green transformation.

Kingenta's parent company leadership change: Li Shanwei appointed as Chairman. Recently, Kingenta's controlling shareholder Linyi Kingenta Investment Holding Co., Ltd. experienced significant personnel changes, with former Chairman and legal representative Li Wenjing stepping down, replaced by Li Shanwei as Chairman and legal representative.

SINOFERT MAP's "Agricultural Main Crop Spatio-temporal Coupled High-Quality Dataset" selected as National Data Administration typical case. Recently, the National Data Administration released "High-Quality Dataset Typical Cases" at the high-quality dataset themed exchange activity of the 2025 China International Big Data Industry Expo. The "Agricultural Main Crop Spatio-temporal Coupled High-Quality Dataset" independently developed by SINOFERT MAP under Syngenta Group China stood out from 663 participating units and was selected for the typical cases directory.