# U.S. Farmers Face Supply Shortages, Higher Costs After Hurricane Ida - AgWeb

> Hurricane Ida disrupted Gulf Coast grain and soybean shipments and knocked out production of some fertilizers and crop chemicals, including Bayer's Louisiana glyphosate plant. Urea barge prices at New Orleans rose from $450 to $552 a ton after the storm, and farmers face tight supplies ahead of harvest and wheat planting.

- Date: 2021-09-24 · published 2021-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45382-u-s-farmers-face-supply-shortages-higher-costs-after-hurricane-ida-agweb
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter nitrogen and crop chemical supply raises input costs for feed grain and oilseed production, and the export disruption from the Gulf adds to pressure on US grain basis and freight.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-09-30 | 1 | +23.9% | 15.3 | Hurricane Ida knocked out Gulf Coast fertilizer production and lifted New Orleans urea barge prices from $450 to $552/t, a direct supply shock to US Gulf urea. |
| UREA | 2021-10-01 | 5 | +28.9% | 7.1 | Hurricane Ida knocked out Gulf fertilizer production and urea barge prices at New Orleans jumped from $450 to $552/t. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-09-21 | [Limited AN supply sees further move to urea - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39895-limited-an-supply-sees-further-move-to-urea-farmers-weekly.md) | -0.4% | -7.5% |
| UREA | 2021-08-30 | [Hurricane Ida Shutters Ag Exports with No Clear Timeline on How Long Shipping Delays Could Last - The Scoop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6008-hurricane-ida-shutters-ag-exports-with-no-clear-timeline-on-how-long-shipping.md) | +16.5% | +21.0% |
| UREA | 2026-01-28 | [Fertiliser prices start to rise amid supply disruption - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21367-fertiliser-prices-start-to-rise-amid-supply-disruption-farmers-weekly.md) | +10.6% | +12.6% |
| UREA | 2023-04-19 | [Barge operations to stop as Mississippi rises increasing costs to farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16636-barge-operations-to-stop-as-mississippi-rises-increasing-costs-to-farmers.md) | +2.3% | +6.8% |
| UREA | 2021-12-05 | [Freight fright for farm inputs - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43481-freight-fright-for-farm-inputs-supply-chain-council-of-european-union-scceu-org.md) | -0.3% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/business/taxes-and-finance/u-s-farmers-face-supply-shortages-higher-costs-after-hurricane-ida

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