# How Middle East Strikes Sent Fertilizer Prices Soaring

> StoneX's Josh Linville says Iranian and Egyptian nitrogen production shut down after the strikes, removing the third and fourth largest urea exporters from the market. Global urea prices rose between 20 and 40 percent within days. Supply tightness persists even though a ceasefire has been reached.

- Date: 2025-06-24 · published 2025-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24538-how-middle-east-strikes-sent-fertilizer-prices-soaring
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Losing two major exporters at once has pushed urea to sharply higher levels, and the tightness is expected to keep fertilizer prices elevated. Higher nitrogen costs also raise the cost of corn and other feed-grain production.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-02-29 | [Middle East shipping disruptions could ignite fertilizer prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31978-middle-east-shipping-disruptions-could-ignite-fertilizer-prices-brownfield-ag.md) | +7.6% | +8.6% |
| UREA | 2026-03-10 | [Middle East conflict strains fertilizer supply chains \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20099-middle-east-conflict-strains-fertilizer-supply-chains-world-fertilizer.md) | +2.8% | +21.1% |
| UREA | 2026-09-01 | [Why higher fertilizer prices are here to stay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17863-why-higher-fertilizer-prices-are-here-to-stay.md) | +1.7% | +3.9% |
| UREA | 2026-08-04 | [5 warning signs that fertilizer prices will stay high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17865-5-warning-signs-that-fertilizer-prices-will-stay-high.md) | -3.9% | +5.8% |

## Sources

- stonex.com: https://www.stonex.com/en/insights/06-24-2025-how-middle-east-strikes-sent-fertilizer-prices-soaring/

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