# Iran War Is Driving a Wave of Demand for CME Fertilizer Futures

> CME Group reports rising demand for fertilizer futures as market participants respond to uncertainty over farm input supply from the Iran war. Aggregate open interest in its benchmark urea contract has reached a four-year high. CME attributes the surge in enquiries directly to Middle East developments.

- Date: 2026-07-30 · published 2026-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18669-iran-war-is-driving-a-wave-of-demand-for-cme-fertilizer-futures
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier hedging activity in urea futures signals that buyers expect continued supply risk through the Gulf, which can keep nitrogen prices supported into the fall buying season. For feed buyers this is a cost-side signal rather than an immediate price move.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-04-09 | [Iran war’s impact on fertilizer and fuel \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20032-iran-war-s-impact-on-fertilizer-and-fuel-reuters.md) | +2.4% | -12.4% |
| UREA | 2026-07-02 | [Iran war: From fertilizer to food crisis? \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18269-iran-war-from-fertilizer-to-food-crisis-ifpri.md) | +2.7% | +12.1% |
| UREA | 2022-04-06 | [A fertilizer shortage, worsened by war in Ukraine, is driving up global food prices and scarcity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42132-a-fertilizer-shortage-worsened-by-war-in-ukraine-is-driving-up-global-food.md) | -3.9% | -24.2% |
| 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 | 2026-02-17 | [China and Iran Redraw Fertilizer Trade Lines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20529-china-and-iran-redraw-fertilizer-trade-lines.md) | +0.3% | +31.4% |

## Sources

- news.bgov.com: https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/iran-war-is-driving-a-wave-of-demand-for-cme-fertilizer-futures

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