# Best not to put off urea, phosphate purchases | The Western Producer

> A trader at ADM Fertilizer advised Canadian producers to buy urea before the second half of February. Low Mississippi River water levels, though improved since Christmas, are still disrupting transport of imported fertilizer into North America. Urea has fallen from prior-year highs as European gas supply has recovered and plants have restarted.

- Date: 2024-01-25 · published 2024-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4574-best-not-to-put-off-urea-phosphate-purchases-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Mississippi transport constraints raise barge freight and regional delivery costs, and the buying advice implies near-term upward pressure on urea prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-09-14 | [Europe slashes fertilizer production \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39893-europe-slashes-fertilizer-production-the-western-producer.md) | +0.4% | -4.6% |
| UREA | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | -18.3% | -14.1% |
| UREA | 2026-03-04 | [Closure of the Strait of Hormuz causes urea, diesel prices to spike as planting season begins in Arkansas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4429-closure-of-the-strait-of-hormuz-causes-urea-diesel-prices-to-spike-as-planting.md) | -0.8% | +7.9% |
| UREA | 2026-07-29 | [Strait of Hormuz pressure on fertilizers: sulfur rises 322% in one year, phosphates lose demand and urea advances again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18694-strait-of-hormuz-pressure-on-fertilizers-sulfur-rises-322-in-one-year.md) | +0.6% | -1.2% |
| UREA | 2024-08-27 | [Industrial Action Threatens Phosphate, Potash Supply \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4543-industrial-action-threatens-phosphate-potash-supply-cz-app.md) | -0.3% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/opinion/best-not-to-put-off-urea-phosphate-purchases/

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