# China, Ida and vaccine mandates all contributing to fertilizer shortage - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets

> Farmers are facing fall fertilizer prices more than double year-earlier levels, with anhydrous ammonia at $982 per ton retail. Supply chain disruptions from China's export curbs, Hurricane Ida and vaccine mandates have tightened availability, and analysts describe the shortage as unprecedented.

- Date: 2021-11-08 · published 2021-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12685-china-ida-and-vaccine-mandates-all-contributing-to-fertilizer-shortage-agweek-1
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

A broad, multi-cause shortage with prices doubling is a major cost shock for US crop production, lifting urea and potash prices and feeding into grain and feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-08-28 | [Sticky input prices and short supplies: What's keeping fertilizer costs high? - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23627-sticky-input-prices-and-short-supplies-what-s-keeping-fertilizer-costs-high.md) | -7.5% | -8.9% |
| UREA | 2020-08-03 | [AgroPages-Fertilizers - navigating the global downturn-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7415-agropages-fertilizers-navigating-the-global-downturn-agricultural-news.md) | +11.2% | +4.5% |
| UREA | 2026-05-01 | [China tightens border inspections for fertilizer exports, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19636-china-tightens-border-inspections-for-fertilizer-exports-sources-say.md) | -11.0% | -18.0% |
| UREA | 2020-11-20 | [AgroPages-Urea market fed by the hand of India-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50467-agropages-urea-market-fed-by-the-hand-of-india-agricultural-news.md) | +9.4% | +7.9% |
| UREA | 2020-08-27 | [Agriculture ministry redetermines fertiliser demand \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9345-agriculture-ministry-redetermines-fertiliser-demand-the-business-standard.md) | -3.1% | -6.0% |

## Sources

- agweek.com: https://www.agweek.com/business/china-ida-and-vaccine-mandates-all-contributing-to-fertilizer-shortage

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