# Rise in US Corn Acres Could Boost Domestic Wholesale Ammonia, Urea Prices

> NOLA urea prices fell through January 2020 from $222-$225 to $209-$215 per ton FOB. Ammonia demand stayed quiet over winter, while a projected rise in US corn acreage to 93-95 million acres was cited as supportive for spring nitrogen demand.

- Date: 2020-02-07 · published 2020-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6015-rise-in-us-corn-acres-could-boost-domestic-wholesale-ammonia-urea-prices
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Higher expected corn plantings would lift spring nitrogen fertilizer demand, which supports domestic ammonia and urea prices and raises feed grain production costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-10-03 | [Steep US corn price rise drove wheat prices up — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5900-steep-us-corn-price-rise-drove-wheat-prices-up-latifundist-com.md) | +2.7% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2023-01-14 | [Acreage Surprise Boosts Old-Crop Prices - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37731-acreage-surprise-boosts-old-crop-prices-farmdoc-daily.md) | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2021-04-05 | [DDGS prices rise after corn futures limit up  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47719-ddgs-prices-rise-after-corn-futures-limit-up-the-daily-digest.md) | +0.4% | +22.0% |
| CORN | 2018-02-08 | [USDA Lowers Corn Stocks, Prices Rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10009-usda-lowers-corn-stocks-prices-rise.md) | +0.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2020-11-11 | [CME update: feed cattle futures dip as corn prices rise
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7939-cme-update-feed-cattle-futures-dip-as-corn-prices-rise-the-cattle-site.md) | +7.9% | +7.0% |
| UREA | 2022-05-01 | [Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War Keeping Most Wholesale Fertilizer Prices High](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41768-ongoing-russia-ukraine-war-keeping-most-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-high.md) | -2.3% | -11.6% |
| UREA | 2026-10-28 | [WORLD BANK SAYS FERTILIZER PRICES SET TO RISE 14% IN 2026 DUE TO SURGE IN UREA PRICES, RETURNING TO 2025 LEVELS IN 2027 - CGTN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/297-world-bank-says-fertilizer-prices-set-to-rise-14-in-2026-due-to-surge-in-urea.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2025-03-18 | [Fitch hikes DAP and urea price assumptions, leaves ammonia unchanged](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25905-fitch-hikes-dap-and-urea-price-assumptions-leaves-ammonia-unchanged.md) | -0.5% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2020/02/07/rise-us-corn-acres-boost-domestic

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