# China's war on smog hits farmers

> Chinese officials have forced natural gas-powered fertilizer plants in areas like Sichuan and Yunnan to shut in order to divert gas to northern home heating. Urea prices in Shandong rose to a four-year high, and Chinese urea exports are expected to fall sharply to 4.3 million tonnes this year from 8.9 million in 2016.

- Date: 2017-12-14 · published 2017-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67775-china-s-war-on-smog-hits-farmers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter Chinese urea supply removes a major export source from the global nitrogen market, supporting higher fertilizer costs for feed grain growers and suggesting higher Chinese corn planting costs next year.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-12-24 | [Will China’s hog sector industrialization hike crop imports?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49642-will-china-s-hog-sector-industrialization-hike-crop-imports.md) | +4.9% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2022-03-01 | [House Ag Committee Begins Farm Bill Work With Eye on Fertilizer Prices, China Trade War Effects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42255-house-ag-committee-begins-farm-bill-work-with-eye-on-fertilizer-prices-china.md) | +4.7% | +12.1% |
| CORN | 2019-11-23 | [China Focus: Pig farmers keen on expanding stock as China drums up pork production - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56061-china-focus-pig-farmers-keen-on-expanding-stock-as-china-drums-up-pork.md) | +1.6% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2018-05-11 | [China looking to rely less on US for soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64916-china-looking-to-rely-less-on-us-for-soybeans.md) | -0.1% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2026-03-19 | [China restricts fertiliser exports, further crimping war-tightened supply \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20095-china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-reuters.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| UREA | 2022-03-01 | [House Ag Committee Begins Farm Bill Work With Eye on Fertilizer Prices, China Trade War Effects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42255-house-ag-committee-begins-farm-bill-work-with-eye-on-fertilizer-prices-china.md) | +19.2% | +18.9% |
| UREA | 2024-04-24 | [China Reverses Course on Urea Exports - Genesis Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30662-china-reverses-course-on-urea-exports-genesis-fertilizers.md) | -0.7% | -6.4% |
| UREA | 2021-10-20 | [China’s curbs on fertilizer exports to worsen global price shock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44476-china-s-curbs-on-fertilizer-exports-to-worsen-global-price-shock.md) | -2.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crop-protection/china-s-war-on-smog-hits-farmers

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