# Processors, Producers Remain Assailed by High Oil, Fertilizer Prices

> Meat processors and livestock producers continue to face high oil, diesel and fertilizer costs more than eight months after the US and Israel attacked Iran and the Strait of Hormuz closed to most trade. The article notes Gulf-linked inventory draws, with US strategic petroleum reserves at their lowest since the early 1980s and diesel stocks at their lowest since the late 1980s, and no sign of a near-term reopening of the strait.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T18:37:29.181Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78295-processors-producers-remain-assailed-by-high-oil-fertilizer-prices
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel and fertilizer costs raise feed-grain production and transport costs, supporting prices for corn, soy meal and other feed inputs while squeezing processor margins. Persistent energy stress also keeps crude and diesel firm, feeding into freight and input costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- WTI: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2020-02-24 | [Production at risk from rising fertilizer prices \| eKathimerini.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54896-production-at-risk-from-rising-fertilizer-prices-ekathimerini-com.md) | -16.0% | -61.7% |
| WTI | 2026-03-06 | [U.S. Grain/Oilseed Review: Fears of oil shortage drives up prices \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13805-u-s-grain-oilseed-review-fears-of-oil-shortage-drives-up-prices-the-western.md) | +18.2% | +39.2% |
| WTI | 2026-04-01 | [Fertilizer Prices Have ‘Significant’ Rise After Attack on Iran](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5105-fertilizer-prices-have-significant-rise-after-attack-on-iran.md) | -6.6% | +6.7% |
| WTI | 2026-03-02 | [Dollar (USD) Gains as Higher Oil Prices Damp Bets on Fed Rate Cuts - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10711-dollar-usd-gains-as-higher-oil-prices-damp-bets-on-fed-rate-cuts-bloomberg.md) | +35.6% | +50.4% |
| WTI | 2026-10-09 | [US diesel prices remain high despite Trump’s moves to boost supplies By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/637-us-diesel-prices-remain-high-despite-trump-s-moves-to-boost-supplies-by-reuters.md) | +0.8% | +6.6% |
| BRENT | 2026-03-06 | [U.S. Grain/Oilseed Review: Fears of oil shortage drives up prices \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13805-u-s-grain-oilseed-review-fears-of-oil-shortage-drives-up-prices-the-western.md) | +16.6% | +35.6% |
| BRENT | 2026-04-01 | [Fertilizer Prices Have ‘Significant’ Rise After Attack on Iran](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5105-fertilizer-prices-have-significant-rise-after-attack-on-iran.md) | -12.2% | -1.1% |
| BRENT | 2026-03-02 | [Dollar (USD) Gains as Higher Oil Prices Damp Bets on Fed Rate Cuts - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10711-dollar-usd-gains-as-higher-oil-prices-damp-bets-on-fed-rate-cuts-bloomberg.md) | +31.0% | +62.6% |

## Sources

- meatingplace.com: https://meatingplace.com/processors-producers-remain-assailed-by-high-oil-fertilizer-prices/

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