# Slowdown in fertilizer prices market report

> International urea prices are falling seasonally as the main fertilizer season ends, but the decline has been slowed by a temporary rise in natural gas prices and higher corn prices. Forward N fertilizer prices on major exchanges show only slight downward trends over the next two months before usual second-half increases resume.

- Date: 2024-05-28 · published 2024-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30594-slowdown-in-fertilizer-prices-market-report
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Urea production is energy-intensive, so gas costs and corn prices are limiting how far fertilizer prices can fall, which keeps feed-grain input costs firmer into the second half.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: neutral

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/fertilizer/news/market-report-slowdown-fertilizer-prices-2024-05-28

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