# Falling N Prices - Early Bird Offers market report

> Nitrogen fertilizer prices are dropping globally as producers offer early-bird discounts at the end of the main application season. Granular urea has fallen from just under $1,000/short ton to around $500, despite slightly weaker gas and grain prices.

- Date: 2022-06-20 · published 2022-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41253-falling-n-prices-early-bird-offers-market-report
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Early-bird incentives push fertilizer into storage and distribution chains ahead of next season, signaling lower nitrogen costs in the near term. Energy costs still account for about 80% of production expense, so gas moves could reverse the trend.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/fertilizer/news/market-report-falling-n-prices-early-bird-offers-2022-06-20

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