# Viewpoint: Nola urea market faces uncertain future | Latest Market News

> New US granular urea capacity, including Koch's Enid and Dakota Gas' Beulah plants, is expected online by year-end, reshaping trade flows. Delivered urea sales inland are increasingly bypassing the Nola hub, which hit a 13-year low of $158/st fob in late June.

- Date: 2017-08-02 · published 2017-08-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69749-viewpoint-nola-urea-market-faces-uncertain-future-latest-market-news
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Growing US urea self-sufficiency reduces import reliance and may weaken the Nola pricing benchmark, which lowers nitrogen cost pressure for US feed grain producers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-12-25 | [AgroPages-Viewpoint: Will India dominate urea again in 2021?-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49961-agropages-viewpoint-will-india-dominate-urea-again-in-2021-agricultural-news.md) | +3.8% | +22.4% |
| UREA | 2024-03-25 | [US lifts tariffs on fertilizer imports \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31146-us-lifts-tariffs-on-fertilizer-imports-latest-market-news.md) | -12.7% | -19.2% |
| UREA | 2022-01-07 | [Nola urea values see extreme volatility as global market searches for a new equilibrium in 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4584-nola-urea-values-see-extreme-volatility-as-global-market-searches-for-a-new.md) | -10.4% | -13.6% |
| UREA | 2024-04-29 | [Urea prices test 2023 lows as China weighs up return to global market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9420-urea-prices-test-2023-lows-as-china-weighs-up-return-to-global-market.md) | -7.7% | -6.1% |
| UREA | 2020-03-27 | [Urea market poised for RCF India tender](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54425-urea-market-poised-for-rcf-india-tender.md) | +0.8% | 0.0% |

## Sources

- argusmedia.com: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-insights/latest-market-news/1508603-viewpoint-nola-urea-market-faces-uncertain-future

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