# US Nola urea barges hit 9 year high with supply tightening post Hurricane Ida

> US Gulf urea barge values hit a nine-year high as buyers competed for nearby barges after Hurricane Ida. CF Industries' Donaldsonville plant shut down with restart delayed by power outages. The US became the premium western market, and North African cargoes were being considered for diversion to the Gulf.

- Date: 2021-09-03 · published 2021-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5165-us-nola-urea-barges-hit-9-year-high-with-supply-tightening-post-hurricane-ida
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Hurricane-driven plant outages and limited barge supply lift US nitrogen prices and pull export cargoes away from other destinations, raising input costs for US feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-09-03 | 1 | +7.2% | 7.2 | US Gulf (Nola) urea barges hit a nine-year high on 2021-09-03 as Hurricane Ida shut CF's Donaldsonville plant, tightening nearby supply and directly driving the one-day jump. |
| UREA | 2021-09-03 | 5 | +16.5% | 3.1 | Hurricane Ida shut CF's Donaldsonville plant and tightened US Gulf supply, pushing Nola urea barges to a nine-year high within the move window. |
| UREA | 2021-09-02 | 1 | +7.2% | 7.2 | The CF Donaldsonville shutdown after Ida tightened US Gulf urea supply and lifted barges to a nine-year high, though the report is dated a day after the move. |
| UREA | 2021-09-02 | 5 | +16.5% | 3.8 | Nola barges hit a nine-year high on tighter supply after Ida and the CF Donaldsonville outage, but the 2021-09-03 date falls just after the window, so it is partly confirmatory. |

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| UREA | 2023-07-24 | [Western Australia out of urea, suppliers assure they have enough to fill orders \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35359-western-australia-out-of-urea-suppliers-assure-they-have-enough-to-fill-orders.md) | +31.8% | +18.1% |

## Sources

- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/insights/us-nola-urea-barges-hit-9-year-high-with-supply-tightening-post-hurricane-ida

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