# Understanding the Urea Cost Curve for CF Industries

> CF Industries' first-quarter 2017 earnings and margins fell year over year. An analysis of the global urea cost curve estimates 2017 demand at 16.8 million short tons and market prices between $210 and $245 per ton.

- Date: 2017-06-27 · published 2017-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70807-understanding-the-urea-cost-curve-for-cf-industries
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Urea sits at the high-cost end of the producer curve, so price moves depend on demand shifting along it; the analysis mainly explains producer margins rather than a new supply shock for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Sources

- marketrealist.com: https://marketrealist.com/2017/06/understanding-urea-cost-curve-cf-industries/

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