# U.S. Corn Growers Urge Faster Fertilizer Antitrust Action as Prices Keep Rising - Fertilizer Daily

> US corn growers are urging faster antitrust action on fertilizer as prices keep rising. Anhydrous ammonia is up about 18% year on year at $987/t, urea about 13%, and UAN28 about 7%. MAP and potash also increased.

- Date: 2026-10-28 · published 2026-10-29T06:06:06.591Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/293-u-s-corn-growers-urge-faster-fertilizer-antitrust-action-as-prices-keep-rising
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rising nitrogen and phosphate costs raise corn production costs and pressure farm margins. Continued fertilizer price increases can reduce planted acreage or nitrogen application.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-10-20 | [Rice Prices Set to Rise as Fertilizer Rally Drives Up Farm Costs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44642-rice-prices-set-to-rise-as-fertilizer-rally-drives-up-farm-costs-caixin-global.md) | -2.0% | +9.0% |
| UREA | 2026-07-16 | [France's €145M nitrogen fertilizer aid lifts up urea prices by 8% — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18674-france-s-145m-nitrogen-fertilizer-aid-lifts-up-urea-prices-by-8-fertilizer-daily.md) | +4.2% | +4.1% |
| UREA | 2022-04-27 | [Fertilizer Pricing Already Negatively Impacting Eastern Canada Planting Season - Grain Farmers of Ontario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41794-fertilizer-pricing-already-negatively-impacting-eastern-canada-planting-season.md) | -18.9% | -19.2% |
| UREA | 2026-10-22 | [Brazil fertilizer prices diverge in Q4 as StoneX sees firm nitrogen, stable potash - Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/676-brazil-fertilizer-prices-diverge-in-q4-as-stonex-sees-firm-nitrogen-stable.md) | -0.1% | — |
| UREA | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +7.6% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2025-11-26 | [Trump has cut tariffs on fertilizer, but lower prices could remain elusive \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4470-trump-has-cut-tariffs-on-fertilizer-but-lower-prices-could-remain-elusive-agri.md) | +1.3% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2017-09-29 | [Chinese pig prices rise as Beijing shutters polluting farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68941-chinese-pig-prices-rise-as-beijing-shutters-polluting-farms.md) | +3.1% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-08-18 | [USTR addresses fertilizer tariffs, GMO corn ban during Iowa visit - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40009-ustr-addresses-fertilizer-tariffs-gmo-corn-ban-during-iowa-visit-brownfield-ag.md) | +0.4% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- fertilizerdaily.com: https://www.fertilizerdaily.com/20261028-u-s-corn-growers-urge-faster-fertilizer-antitrust-action-as-prices-keep-rising/

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