# Demand drives up critical fertiliser shortage | Farm Weekly | WA

> Western Australian suppliers are short of urea and liquid nitrogen such as UAN and Flexi-N after a late season break and widespread follow-up rains boosted demand. A raw materials shipment to WA failed to arrive in July, which made the shortage worse. Farmers are seeking extra nitrogen to lift yield and protein on a possible bumper Wheatbelt crop.

- Date: 2018-08-23 · published 2018-08-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63847-demand-drives-up-critical-fertiliser-shortage-farm-weekly-wa
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Tight nitrogen supply during peak application time raises the price of urea and related products. Strong grain yield expectations keep input demand high until supplies are restored.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-01-28 | [Fertiliser prices start to rise amid supply disruption - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21367-fertiliser-prices-start-to-rise-amid-supply-disruption-farmers-weekly.md) | +10.6% | +12.6% |
| UREA | 2022-07-06 | [Fertiliser supply chain \| Maersk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40414-fertiliser-supply-chain-maersk.md) | +2.2% | +13.7% |
| UREA | 2026-05-05 | [Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #10–Shipping Disruptions Drive Up Fertilizer Costs and Threaten Food Security - IFDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19178-fertilizer-crisis-response-bulletin-10-shipping-disruptions-drive-up-fertilizer.md) | -4.2% | -27.8% |
| UREA | 2021-09-24 | [U.S. Farmers Face Supply Shortages, Higher Costs After Hurricane Ida - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45382-u-s-farmers-face-supply-shortages-higher-costs-after-hurricane-ida-agweb.md) | +6.2% | +39.6% |
| UREA | 2020-04-20 | [Precision ag softens fertiliser, chemical supply risk - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53564-precision-ag-softens-fertiliser-chemical-supply-risk-grain-central.md) | -1.8% | -19.6% |

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/5658358/demand-drives-up-critical-fertiliser-shortage/

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