Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Spike After Russian Attack on Ukraine

Fertilizer granules at a storage warehouse in Cherepovets, Russia.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Fertilizer prices are skyrocketing on concerns that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will curtail global supplies.

Prices for the popular nitrogen fertilizer urea in New Orleans surged Thursday to $700 per short ton versus $560 earlier in the week, a 25% jump, according to Bloomberg’s Green Markets.