# Hurricanes Trigger Higher Fertilizer Prices - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> Fertilizer prices rose after an Iranian missile attack on Israel and hurricane disruption. The speaker notes that the Middle East and North Africa supply about half of the world's exported urea.

- Date: 2024-10-14 · published 2024-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28192-hurricanes-trigger-higher-fertilizer-prices-ag-information-network-of-the-west
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Concentrated urea exports from the Middle East and North Africa make supply vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, supporting higher nitrogen costs for grain growers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-03-21 | [Who’s afraid of high fertilizer prices? \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31144-who-s-afraid-of-high-fertilizer-prices-ifpri.md) | -0.4% | -19.1% |
| 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 | 2021-09-21 | [Food prices poised to surge with fertilizer at highest in years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45024-food-prices-poised-to-surge-with-fertilizer-at-highest-in-years.md) | +2.7% | +40.3% |
| UREA | 2022-03-22 | [CRU comments on all-time high fertilizer prices \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42212-cru-comments-on-all-time-high-fertilizer-prices-world-fertilizer.md) | +0.4% | -0.7% |
| UREA | 2025-07-02 | [Farmers Can't Catch a Break: Fertilizer Prices, Compared to Corn Prices, Are Now Some of the Worst in History - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23691-farmers-can-t-catch-a-break-fertilizer-prices-compared-to-corn-prices-are-now.md) | +6.1% | +7.6% |
| CORN | 2021-09-21 | [Food prices poised to surge with fertilizer at highest in years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45024-food-prices-poised-to-surge-with-fertilizer-at-highest-in-years.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-04-29 | [As nitrogen-based fertilizer prices soar, global food inflation looms - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7255-as-nitrogen-based-fertilizer-prices-soar-global-food-inflation-looms-the.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [UAN32, UAN28 and Anhydrous Lead Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/657-uan32-uan28-and-anhydrous-lead-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | -1.9% | — |

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/60849/Line-on-Agriculture/Hurricanes-Trigger-Higher-Fertilizer-Prices

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