# How Coronavirus Plays A Role In Fertilizer Pricing | Hoosier Ag Today

> Hoosier Ag Today reports that about 60 percent of Wuhan's 14.7 million tonnes of annual finished phosphate output is offline due to coronavirus shutdowns. Remaining plants are running at reduced rates, and labor and logistics constraints will slow recovery. RaboResearch expects tighter phosphate exports and possibly weaker ammonia demand from China.

- Date: 2020-03-11 · published 2020-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54078-how-coronavirus-plays-a-role-in-fertilizer-pricing-hoosier-ag-today
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Chinese phosphate exports tighten global DAP supply and push prices higher. Weaker Chinese ammonia demand could pressure urea and other nitrogen prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-09-15 | [U.S. fertilizer prices soar as storms roil industry hub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45369-u-s-fertilizer-prices-soar-as-storms-roil-industry-hub.md) | +1.1% | +6.6% |
| DAP | 2024-01-18 | [Global shipping delays will affect fertilizer prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32437-global-shipping-delays-will-affect-fertilizer-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2021-06-21 | [Fertiliser prices continue to increase: MoIT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46891-fertiliser-prices-continue-to-increase-moit.md) | -0.2% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2026-07-22 | [Fertilizer Supply Chains Face a Costly Turning Point](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18690-fertilizer-supply-chains-face-a-costly-turning-point.md) | +0.6% | +2.1% |
| DAP | 2024-05-01 | [All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31059-all-eight-major-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | +2.1% | +9.1% |
| UREA | 2022-11-09 | [Fertilizer Prices Continue to Slump as Rail Strike Worries Reignite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39003-fertilizer-prices-continue-to-slump-as-rail-strike-worries-reignite.md) | -1.4% | -9.8% |
| UREA | 2025-03-21 | [Friday’s Insider: The Butterfly Effect — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25928-friday-s-insider-the-butterfly-effect-fertilizer-daily.md) | -0.6% | +6.5% |
| UREA | 2026-07-28 | [Urea's cheap but farmers urged to act on phosphate as prices soar \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18656-urea-s-cheap-but-farmers-urged-to-act-on-phosphate-as-prices-soar-farm-online.md) | +3.8% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- hoosieragtoday.com: https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2020/03/11/how-coronavirus-plays-a-role-in-fertilizer-pricing/

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