# 5 Trends To Watch In The Input Market - AgWeb

> AgWeb reports that experts see geopolitics, weather and low supply as top concerns in the US fertilizer market as spring prices rise seasonally. Rabobank expects the worst of the price spike to be over, while StoneX notes that new Russian pipelines could bring large supply back and sharply lower prices. Israel-Hamas tensions are also flagged as a risk.

- Date: 2024-02-29 · published 2024-02-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31595-5-trends-to-watch-in-the-input-market-agweb
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Expected new Russian ammonia supply could ease input costs over time, but geopolitical risk near Ukraine and the Middle East keeps the outlook uncertain for crop production costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-05-18 | [Russia remains dominant in fertilizer market \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35874-russia-remains-dominant-in-fertilizer-market-the-western-producer.md) | +0.1% | -20.1% |
| UREA | 2026-09-18 | [How are fertilizer markets coping with the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz? \| CGIAR System](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17410-how-are-fertilizer-markets-coping-with-the-continued-closure-of-the-strait-of.md) | -0.5% | -5.1% |
| UREA | 2026-10-01 | [A Wish List to Reset Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17035-a-wish-list-to-reset-fertilizer-prices.md) | -6.6% | -4.1% |
| UREA | 2026-10-05 | [Middle East bottlenecks reshape global fertiliser market - Mining.com.au](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17037-middle-east-bottlenecks-reshape-global-fertiliser-market-mining-com-au.md) | -1.7% | +0.3% |
| UREA | 2026-07-06 | [How Morocco’s fertiliser giant OCP was shaken by the Hormuz crisis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18680-how-morocco-s-fertiliser-giant-ocp-was-shaken-by-the-hormuz-crisis.md) | +4.2% | +13.0% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/5-trends-watch-input-market

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