Bahía Blanca Urea Exports Gain Port Advantage Over Rosario
Fertil Pampa is building storage silos, a desalination plant, and dedicated docks in Bahía Blanca to export 2.1 million metric tons of granulated urea per year. Meanwhile, in the Rosario industrial corridor, a competing project remains stalled at square one: it still lacks a dedicated gas pipeline. The Logistics Infrastructure Behind Bahía Blanca’s Urea Exports […]
ARGENTINA: Nitrogen Fertilizer Purchases Accelerated to Lock in Prices Amid a Rising Market Trend
With summer crop planting underway, fertilizer demand in the Argentine market continued at a strong pace this week for both nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers. Urea was traded in the wholesale market this week at US$565–575/ton, adjusting toward the close to a minimum of US$575–580/ton, even though the CFR replacement value jumped significantly higher to settle […]
Fertilizer Market Update: Falling Phosphates vs. Rising Nitrogen Prices
International prices for phosphate fertilizers have begun to decline (though they remain expensive in historical terms). Not-so-good news: Prices for nitrogen fertilizers have started to pick up again. Phosphate fertilizer producers continue to deal with extremely tight profit margins due to elevated sulfur prices. Against this backdrop, Lifosa’s plant in Lithuania has completely halted its […]
The price drop in the USA opens up relief for Latin America
The nitrogen shortage in the United States triggers a regional relief signal, even though flows, currencies and demand will define its arrival at the producer. Minor fertilizer prices in the United States will fall again during the second full week of July 2026, with strong monthly drops in UAN32, anhydrous ammonia, urea and UAN28. The […]
The price of urea began to rise sharply, and (predictably) demand awoke after a long lull.
This week, the Argentine fertilizer market “woke up” in response to the incipient rise in urea prices, a process that anticipates a new upward trend in a highly uncertain international context. “Demand split again, but with a different motivation. On one hand, farmers rushed to hedge their wheat crops and bring forward the volumes destined […]
Phosphate Makes Morocco a Strategic Powerhouse for Agriculture
Morocco’s leadership in phosphate fertilizers strengthens its economy, boosts domestic investment, and gives it a prominent role in a key Latin American market. While Morocco continues to solidify its position as one of the leading teams in international football, behind this growth lies a strategic player for global agriculture: phosphate. The country possesses the largest […]
Urea Price Falls 30%, Opening a Door for Wheat Fertilization in August
The price of the fertilizer dropped sharply last month and is now hovering between US$650 and US$700 per ton. This change opens the possibility of a new planting record for corn. With this further decrease in urea prices, to more normal levels, producers are beginning to rethink their investment options for both wheat and the […]
Urea prices plummet, but phosphate fertilizer prices remain unchanged.
Urea import demand in Argentina remains extremely depressed, and the market is described as sluggish. Buyers are holding back, waiting for lower prices amid a global context of very weak demand. “Urea prices for Argentina have fallen again. This week, prices are estimated to be in the range of US$590 to US$600 per ton CFR, […]
Global Urea Crisis Worsens Due to Middle East Conflict and Logistical Blockade
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz halts urea exports, reduces global supply, and raises concerns about agricultural costs and inflationary pressure. More than 55% to 60% of urea production in the Middle East has been affected since the end of February 2016, when the conflict with Iran led to the operational closure of the […]
Fertilizer prices in the Argentine market remain below replacement cost due to cooling demand
Fertilizer prices in the Argentine market continue to trade below replacement cost due to cooling demand, just weeks before the start of the 2026/27 wheat and barley planting season. Import costs for phosphate fertilizers have risen between US$190 and US$200 per ton since the beginning of the year. Currently, diammonium phosphate (DAP) is priced between […]
