# Big drop for new season nitrogen price - Farmers Weekly

> New season UK nitrogen prices were released more than 20% below old season supplies, with CF Fertilisers offering ammonium nitrate at £174-£180/t delivered for June to September. Granular urea firmed £5-£7/t to £200-£210/t for September to December delivery.

- Date: 2017-05-19 · published 2017-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71305-big-drop-for-new-season-nitrogen-price-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower UK nitrogen prices improve the wheat-to-nitrogen price ratio, which may encourage more nitrogen use and support grain supply, while firmer urea signals a modest rebound in forward prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/big-drop-for-new-season-nitrogen-price

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