# Global Nitrogen Market: 6 Factors to Watch in 2019 - AgriBusiness Global

> CF Industries' Bert Frost outlines six factors for the global nitrogen market in 2019, noting that prices rose in the second half of 2018 after urea hit multi-decade lows. Key drivers include European and Asian energy costs, capacity additions, and demand growth in South America and Asia.

- Date: 2019-03-04 · published 2019-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60405-global-nitrogen-market-6-factors-to-watch-in-2019-agribusiness-global
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Energy costs are the largest input for nitrogen production, so rising gas or coal prices in Europe and Asia would push urea and ammonia prices higher, raising feed-grain input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-12-01 | [Factors Expected to Drive the 2022 Corn Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44073-factors-expected-to-drive-the-2022-corn-market.md) | -6.4% | -6.7% |
| UREA | 2021-10-19 | [Nitrogen prices erupt due to ‘perfect storm’ of global forces \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44878-nitrogen-prices-erupt-due-to-perfect-storm-of-global-forces-capital-press.md) | -2.5% | +10.5% |
| UREA | 2022-12-14 | [Nitrogen fertilizer prices at mercy of global issues \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38179-nitrogen-fertilizer-prices-at-mercy-of-global-issues-the-western-producer.md) | +0.6% | -12.4% |
| UREA | 2021-11-04 | [Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop yields -CF Industries \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44339-nitrogen-fertilizer-shortage-threatens-to-cut-global-crop-yields-cf-industries.md) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| UREA | 2021-07-02 | [Contradictory signals on the fertilizer market - Inside Mest \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46372-contradictory-signals-on-the-fertilizer-market-inside-mest-boerenbusiness-nl.md) | -1.4% | -4.1% |
| NATGAS | 2019-02-25 | [Global Nitrogen Market: 6 Factors to Watch in 2019 - CropLife](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60901-global-nitrogen-market-6-factors-to-watch-in-2019-croplife.md) | +10.7% | +0.8% |
| NATGAS | 2024-09-20 | [What’s next for the global gas and LNG market?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28495-what-s-next-for-the-global-gas-and-lng-market.md) | +13.9% | -1.1% |
| NATGAS | 2026-07-01 | [Natural Gas Market Indicators – June 25, 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18981-natural-gas-market-indicators-june-25-2026.md) | -4.1% | -19.8% |

## Sources

- agribusinessglobal.com: https://www.agribusinessglobal.com/plant-health/global-nitrogen-market-6-factors-to-watch-in-2019/

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