# Domestic Wholesale Fertilizer Prices Weaken as Sidedress Demand Tapers Off

> Domestic and international ammonia prices weakened in June as supplies remained ample and downstream product demand softened. Middle East FOB ammonia fell to $190-230/mt from $270-340/mt at end May, Black Sea cargoes traded at $210-220/mt, and the July Tampa contract settled at $240/mt, down $25.

- Date: 2017-07-10 · published 2017-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69885-domestic-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-weaken-as-sidedress-demand-tapers-off
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

An oversupplied ammonia market lowers the cost base for nitrogen fertilizers such as urea and UAN, which pressures nitrogen prices through the summer application window.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Sources

- lafarmbureaunews.com: https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2017/7/12/domestic-wholesale-fertilizer-prices-weaken-as-sidedress-demand-tapers-off
- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/07/10/domestic-wholesale-fertilizer-prices

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