# Fertilizer Markets Boom on Mixed Fundamentals | Potato Grower Magazine

> International fertilizer prices are at unseasonal highs, with some reaching historic levels. Ammonia supply disruptions, including an unplanned shutdown of SAFCO IV in Saudi Arabia and a lengthy Ma'aden unit outage, are pushing urea and nitrate prices up.

- Date: 2021-06-11 · published 2021-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46906-fertilizer-markets-boom-on-mixed-fundamentals-potato-grower-magazine
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Supply outages in ammonia feed directly into urea costs, tightening nitrogen availability and lifting fertilizer input costs for grain growers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-02-19 | [Fertilizer freight rates jump to new highs \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48522-fertilizer-freight-rates-jump-to-new-highs-latest-market-news.md) | +1.5% | +11.7% |
| UREA | 2024-05-01 | [All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31059-all-eight-major-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | -6.9% | -5.8% |
| UREA | 2021-03-30 | [Fertilizer price surge shows signs of a top…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48046-fertilizer-price-surge-shows-signs-of-a-top.md) | -0.9% | -0.9% |
| UREA | 2022-04-04 | [Fertilizer Logistics May Be Challenging \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16722-fertilizer-logistics-may-be-challenging-red-river-farm-network.md) | -8.5% | -27.6% |
| UREA | 2026-09-14 | [Fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remain near zero](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17416-fertilizer-shipments-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-remain-near-zero.md) | +1.9% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- potatogrower.com: https://www.potatogrower.com/2021/06/fertilizer-markets-boom-on-mixed

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