# Fertilizer giant Yara slashes production in Europe :: WRAL.com

> Yara, one of the world's largest fertilizer makers, is curtailing ammonia and urea output at its Ferrara, Italy and Le Havre, France plants because of a surge in natural gas prices. The company expects its European ammonia and urea production to run at about 45% of capacity by the end of that week.

- Date: 2022-03-09 · published 2022-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42569-fertilizer-giant-yara-slashes-production-in-europe-wral-com
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Cutting European nitrogen output tightens global urea and ammonia supply, since Europe must now import more, which supports fertilizer prices and raises costs for grain and feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-04-01 | [The Iran war’s impacts on global fertilizer markets and food production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19643-the-iran-war-s-impacts-on-global-fertilizer-markets-and-food-production.md) | +10.6% | +7.6% |
| UREA | 2026-02-13 | [Fertilizer prices rise on supply chain issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20532-fertilizer-prices-rise-on-supply-chain-issues.md) | +0.1% | +31.0% |
| UREA | 2022-03-17 | [Russian gas export ban could see big fertilizer price hike \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42214-russian-gas-export-ban-could-see-big-fertilizer-price-hike-the-western-producer.md) | -1.0% | -1.9% |
| UREA | 2022-11-09 | [How sanctions on Russia and Belarus are impacting exports of agricultural products and fertilizer \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38622-how-sanctions-on-russia-and-belarus-are-impacting-exports-of-agricultural.md) | -1.4% | -9.8% |
| UREA | 2026-04-30 | [Fertilizer Use Already Falling as War Drives Up Costs, Yara Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10734-fertilizer-use-already-falling-as-war-drives-up-costs-yara-says.md) | -10.0% | -17.6% |
| NATGAS | 2022-03-17 | [Russian gas export ban could see big fertilizer price hike \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42214-russian-gas-export-ban-could-see-big-fertilizer-price-hike-the-western-producer.md) | +11.3% | +45.0% |
| NATGAS | 2024-08-29 | [Higher Natural Gas Prices Seen This Winter in Europe as Geopolitical Complications Mount](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28999-higher-natural-gas-prices-seen-this-winter-in-europe-as-geopolitical.md) | +11.7% | +36.8% |
| NATGAS | 2022-03-15 | [Russia-Ukraine War Drives World Wholesale Fertilizer Prices Higher - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5511-russia-ukraine-war-drives-world-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-higher-supply-chain.md) | +4.6% | +40.5% |

## Sources

- wral.com: https://www.wral.com/archive/20178144/

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