# Tight spot supplies of urea point to drought hangover - Grain Central

> Urea is in tight near-term supply across south-eastern Australia after last year's drought shifted grain logistics to up-country markets and cut urea backloads from farm to port. Widespread rain has driven spreading activity that has emptied most off-farm storage.

- Date: 2019-07-12 · published 2019-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58402-tight-spot-supplies-of-urea-point-to-drought-hangover-grain-central
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Local shortages are expected to be brief with little yield impact, so the effect on global urea prices is limited, though it signals firm regional demand.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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% |
| UREA | 2021-09-03 | [US Nola urea barges hit 9 year high with supply tightening post Hurricane Ida](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5165-us-nola-urea-barges-hit-9-year-high-with-supply-tightening-post-hurricane-ida.md) | +8.6% | +43.5% |
| UREA | 2025-03-05 | [From Seed to Success: Plan for Your Largest Corn Harvest in 2025 with Drought-Proofing Strategies - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13107-from-seed-to-success-plan-for-your-largest-corn-harvest-in-2025-with-drought.md) | -0.8% | -0.1% |
| 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

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/tight-spot-supplies-of-urea-point-to-drought-hangover/

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