# US retail ammonia averages $987 a ton as Trinidad nitrogen shutdown persists

> DTN's late-October retail survey put anhydrous ammonia at $987 per ton, about 17% above the same week in 2025. Nutrien has made its Point Lisas plant in Trinidad indefinitely shut, and the facility had already been idle and excluded from its 2026 guidance.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T03:10:47.988Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76925-us-retail-ammonia-averages-987-a-ton-as-trinidad-nitrogen-shutdown-persists
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher nitrogen input costs raise grower budgets for the 2027 crop, which can shift acreage toward soybeans and tighten corn margins; the retail average does not reflect wholesale exchange prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Sources

- fxnews.ai: https://fxnews.ai/news/us-ammonia-fertilizer-short-ton-trinidad-gas-constraint-20261102/

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