# Most Wholesale Fertilizer Prices Likely to Stay Firm on Fall Application Demand

> Urea barge prices at New Orleans rallied to three-year highs in August, with trades as high as $295/t late in the month versus $248-255/t in late July. Global ammonia prices also kept rising, with Ukrainian spot offers at $320-322/t FOB, up from $280-285/t at the end of July.

- Date: 2018-09-10 · published 2018-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62972-most-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-likely-to-stay-firm-on-fall-application-demand
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Outages and turnarounds at ammonia and urea plants are tightening supply just as fall application demand arrives. Firm nitrogen prices raise the cost of fertilizer inputs for grain and oilseed growers, which can support feed-grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2018/09/10/wholesale-fertilizer-prices-likely

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