Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing phosphate fertilizer that comprises dicalcium phosphate, the method comprising providing milled phosphorus-containing rock having a total phosphorus content of at least about 15% P by weight, mixing the milled phosphate-containing rock with a mineral acid in a reaction vessel to produce a superphosphate product, and mixing the superphosphate product with a calcium-source reverting agent and a magnesium-source reverting agent to produce a reverted product, the calcium-source reverting agent comprising at least about 20% by weight of the total reverting agent of calcium oxide with a calcium carbonate equivalence of at least about 134%, and the magnesium-source reverting agent providing a magnesium source and comprising at least about 20% by weight of the total reverting agent of magnesium source with a calcium carbonate equivalence of at least about 80%, to produce a granulated cured reverted product having a product yield of at least about 1.90 or of at least about 1.