# DTN Fertilizer Outlook

> Wholesale US ammonia and UAN prices rose in March after a February winter storm disrupted production at Gulf Coast nitrogen plants. Ammonia was reoffered about $125 per short ton higher in the Corn Belt, and fertilizer application was delayed by wet weather.

- Date: 2021-04-13 · published 2021-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47544-dtn-fertilizer-outlook
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Production outages and higher wholesale nitrogen costs raise the cost of corn production in the US, supporting urea and nitrogen prices while spring application timing remains a constraint.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-07-02 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Potash](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11011-farmer-fertilizer-focus-potash.md) | -1.4% | -4.1% |
| UREA | 2021-03-05 | [Natural gas shortage shuts down fertilizer plants - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48437-natural-gas-shortage-shuts-down-fertilizer-plants-high-plains-journal.md) | +5.7% | +0.8% |
| UREA | 2026-05-31 | [Wheat Futures Prices Have Surged 30% This Year As Iran War Hit Fertilizer Supplies and U.S. Drought Sent Output To A 54-Year Low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19292-wheat-futures-prices-have-surged-30-this-year-as-iran-war-hit-fertilizer.md) | -21.5% | -30.2% |
| UREA | 2026-04-29 | [Indonesia 2026 crude palm oil output to fall due to El Nino, high fertiliser prices, association says \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19818-indonesia-2026-crude-palm-oil-output-to-fall-due-to-el-nino-high-fertiliser.md) | -9.4% | -17.3% |
| UREA | 2026-04-02 | [Raising energy and fertilizer prices and upcoming El Niño main concerns to farming  - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19632-raising-energy-and-fertilizer-prices-and-upcoming-el-nino-main-concerns-to.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2021/04/13/us-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-seen

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