# Fertiliser boom reveals food security price power | Reuters

> Yara's CEO said rising input costs led the company to shut fertiliser production in Italy and France. The war in Ukraine, a major potash and wheat exporter, added to global scarcity during the crisis.

- Date: 2023-02-08 · published 2023-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11745-fertiliser-boom-reveals-food-security-price-power-reuters
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Plant closures and war-related supply losses tightened global fertiliser availability, which supported high nutrient prices. This shows how geopolitical supply shocks feed through to feed-grain input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-03-25 | [Fertilizer prices surge amid Iran war, sparking food security warnings](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20097-fertilizer-prices-surge-amid-iran-war-sparking-food-security-warnings.md) | +2.1% | +11.5% |
| UREA | 2026-03-05 | [Farmers see fertiliser price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6254-farmers-see-fertiliser-price-surge-as-iran-war-blocks-exports-threatening.md) | +3.0% | +20.1% |
| UREA | 2022-03-21 | [Fertiliser prices hit new highs as multiple problems affect global supplies \| Food security \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5514-fertiliser-prices-hit-new-highs-as-multiple-problems-affect-global-supplies.md) | +2.5% | -0.5% |
| UREA | 2022-05-31 | [Why fertiliser prices are soaring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41723-why-fertiliser-prices-are-soaring.md) | -8.8% | -13.2% |
| UREA | 2022-02-02 | [Belarus bans transit of oil products, fertilisers from Lithuania \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42640-belarus-bans-transit-of-oil-products-fertilisers-from-lithuania-reuters.md) | -8.5% | +11.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/fertiliser-boom-reveals-food-security-price-power-2023-02-08/

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