# Yara warns of risk of fertilizer 'shortages and price spikes' - Grain Price News

> Yara warned European farmers not to delay fertilizer purchases despite high prices, citing a risk of nitrogen shortages and price spikes. Its Q2 data showed urea averaging $919/t in the Egyptian market, up 144% year on year, and European nitrogen curtailments including 1.7m tonnes of Yara's own capacity. Nitrate inventories in Europe are at historically low levels.

- Date: 2022-07-19 · published 2022-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40803-yara-warns-of-risk-of-fertilizer-shortages-and-price-spikes-grain-price-news
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight European nitrogen supply and rising gas-linked production costs point to higher fertilizer prices for feed grain producers, with the risk skewed upward if buying is delayed.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- grainpricenews.com: https://grainpricenews.com/2022/07/19/yara-warns-of-risk-of-fertilizer-shortages-and-price-spikes/

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