# Fertilizer Outlook - Urea prices jump in scrambled nitrogen market - Ray Farmers Union Elevator

> Urea prices jumped sharply last week as weather closed the window for ammonia applications and the closure of the river system delayed shipments to northern areas. Buyers hauled over longer distances, which pushed up freight demand, and India's return to the market with a large tender added to the rally. Ammonia prices diverged, falling in the Gulf and Southwest while rising in the east.

- Date: 2019-04-29 · published 2019-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59891-fertilizer-outlook-urea-prices-jump-in-scrambled-nitrogen-market-ray-farmers
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Urea's jump reflects a weather-driven shift to urea plus Indian import demand, which tightens nitrogen supply and raises farm input costs. Higher river freight costs add to delivered prices for buyers in northern areas.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| UREA | 2021-04-13 | [DTN Fertilizer Outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47544-dtn-fertilizer-outlook.md) | +0.7% | -0.3% |
| 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 | 2021-07-02 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Potash](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11011-farmer-fertilizer-focus-potash.md) | -1.4% | -4.1% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- rayfue.com: https://rayfue.com/story-fertilizer-outlook-urea-prices-jump-scrambled-nitrogen-market-22-189338

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