# Strong Early Season Demand Supporting Most Domestic Wholesale Fertilizer Prices

> Wholesale ammonia prices remained firm in February as Black Sea supply was constrained by a pipeline problem. Middle East ammonia rose sharply, and US Tampa contract prices climbed to $330/mt cfr for March.

- Date: 2017-03-06 · published 2017-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71930-strong-early-season-demand-supporting-most-domestic-wholesale-fertilizer-prices
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Firm ammonia and tight Black Sea supply keep nitrogen input costs elevated, supporting fertilizer prices that feed into crop production costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-05-01 | [All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31059-all-eight-major-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | -6.9% | -5.8% |
| UREA | 2026-01-28 | [Fertiliser prices start to rise amid supply disruption - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21367-fertiliser-prices-start-to-rise-amid-supply-disruption-farmers-weekly.md) | +10.6% | +12.6% |
| UREA | 2024-01-18 | [Global shipping delays will affect fertilizer prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32437-global-shipping-delays-will-affect-fertilizer-prices-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.6% | +12.2% |
| UREA | 2021-09-15 | [U.S. fertilizer prices soar as storms roil industry hub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45369-u-s-fertilizer-prices-soar-as-storms-roil-industry-hub.md) | +0.4% | +41.4% |
| UREA | 2021-06-21 | [Fertiliser prices continue to increase: MoIT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46891-fertiliser-prices-continue-to-increase-moit.md) | -1.5% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/03/06/strong-early-season-demand-domestic

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