# Fertilizer demand remains strong | Profitability | farmweeknow.com

> Mark Dietsch reports fertiliser prices have risen with corn about $2 and soybeans about $5 higher than a year ago. Nitrogen prices are up about 121% and natural gas 46%. A US producer has petitioned for countervailing duties on UAN imports from Russia and Trinidad.

- Date: 2021-08-15 · published 2021-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45869-fertilizer-demand-remains-strong-profitability-farmweeknow-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Tight nitrogen supply and possible duties on UAN imports could keep fertiliser costs high into fall and spring, raising production costs for US grain and feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-10-26 | [Strong demand drives sorghum prices higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50695-strong-demand-drives-sorghum-prices-higher.md) | +0.3% | +10.2% |
| CORN | 2021-11-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5552-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +1.6% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2022-06-16 | [Farm state lawmakers press ITC to reverse on fertilizer duties \| 2022-06-16 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40925-farm-state-lawmakers-press-itc-to-reverse-on-fertilizer-duties-2022-06-16-agri.md) | -1.5% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2020-10-01 | [U.S. fertilizer prices surge to decade high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50574-u-s-fertilizer-prices-surge-to-decade-high.md) | -0.3% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2021-09-10 | [Focus on USDA’s Supply and Demand Reports Today - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45049-focus-on-usda-s-supply-and-demand-reports-today-pro-farmer.md) | +1.1% | -1.9% |
| UREA | 2022-01-25 | [Trade duties disrupt fertilizer flow; ag groups respond \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43457-trade-duties-disrupt-fertilizer-flow-ag-groups-respond-profitability.md) | +1.6% | -9.7% |
| UREA | 2025-01-13 | [Tight global supply keeping fertilizer prices elevated \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26832-tight-global-supply-keeping-fertilizer-prices-elevated-profitability.md) | +0.4% | +13.8% |
| UREA | 2023-01-17 | [What could eat into farm profitability in '23? \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37771-what-could-eat-into-farm-profitability-in-23-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | -0.5% | -22.3% |

## Sources

- farmweeknow.com: https://www.farmweeknow.com/profitability/fertilizer-demand-remains-strong/article_a79bdca4-f93b-11eb-b13a-9b5a90eed50b.html

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