# US fertilizer prices continue short-term rise, while all other markets decline.

> US urea buying spiked last week after Mississippi River flooding led to lock closures and barge restrictions that limited imported urea reaching the Corn Belt. Northern Hemisphere demand has since eased, and a Middle East to Australia urea cargo fixed at $330/t FOB, lifting the regional benchmark. Most other fertilizer benchmarks declined, and US retail phosphate and potash prices were mixed.

- Date: 2023-04-22 · published 2023-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36731-us-fertilizer-prices-continue-short-term-rise-while-all-other-markets-decline
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Barge disruptions temporarily tightened urea logistics into the US, but that support may fade once the river reopens and demand slows. Weak Northern Hemisphere demand keeps the broader nitrogen trend soft for feed grain input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-09-20 | [Earthquakes in Morocco Cause Supply Affliction for Phosphoric Acid, Impacting Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34431-earthquakes-in-morocco-cause-supply-affliction-for-phosphoric-acid-impacting.md) | -0.5% | -6.2% |
| UREA | 2020-07-06 | [Essential Fertilizers Ride the Coronavirus Storm Across the Globe - AgriBusiness Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52065-essential-fertilizers-ride-the-coronavirus-storm-across-the-globe-agribusiness.md) | +2.2% | +10.3% |
| UREA | 2026-07-22 | [Fertilizer Supply Chains Face a Costly Turning Point](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18690-fertilizer-supply-chains-face-a-costly-turning-point.md) | +1.5% | -1.3% |
| UREA | 2024-01-12 | [Q4 Fertilizer Review — Chewachem Ltd.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11083-q4-fertilizer-review-chewachem-ltd.md) | +0.2% | +12.8% |
| UREA | 2026-10-08 | [European Natural Gas Prices Defy Rebound in Middle Eastern LNG Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/629-european-natural-gas-prices-defy-rebound-in-middle-eastern-lng-shipments.md) | +2.3% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmingportal.co.za: https://www.farmingportal.co.za/index.php/agri-index/68-crops/9309-us-fertilizer-prices-continue-short-term-rise-while-all-other-markets-decline

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