# Grupa Azoty unit limits fertiliser output due to gas prices

> Grupa Azoty, Poland's biggest chemicals firm, will limit fertilizer production at a subsidiary citing extraordinary and unprecedented gas costs. Buyers are reportedly waiting for gas prices to fall or fertilizer prices to rise.

- Date: 2022-08-24 · published 2022-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5145-grupa-azoty-unit-limits-fertiliser-output-due-to-gas-prices
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Production curtailments from a major European producer tighten nitrogen supply and support fertilizer prices, which raises costs for grain and feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-08-25 | [Fertiliser makers cut output as gas prices surge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5147-fertiliser-makers-cut-output-as-gas-prices-surge-reuters.md) | +1.2% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2022-05-31 | [Why fertiliser prices are soaring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41723-why-fertiliser-prices-are-soaring.md) | -0.8% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2022-08-23 | [Fertiliser supply tightens as gas price rises further - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5142-fertiliser-supply-tightens-as-gas-price-rises-further-farmers-weekly.md) | +5.2% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2021-09-21 | [Food prices poised to surge with fertilizer at highest in years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45024-food-prices-poised-to-surge-with-fertilizer-at-highest-in-years.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [UAN32, UAN28 and Anhydrous Lead Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/657-uan32-uan28-and-anhydrous-lead-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | -1.9% | — |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-25 | [Fertiliser makers cut output as gas prices surge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5147-fertiliser-makers-cut-output-as-gas-prices-surge-reuters.md) | +0.6% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-31 | [Why fertiliser prices are soaring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41723-why-fertiliser-prices-are-soaring.md) | -1.4% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-23 | [Fertiliser supply tightens as gas price rises further - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5142-fertiliser-supply-tightens-as-gas-price-rises-further-farmers-weekly.md) | +1.4% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N3000AB/

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