{"id":239,"date":"2026-03-26T16:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:45:46","slug":"middle-east-tension-drives-fertilizer-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Tension Drives Fertilizer Prices."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Global fertilizer prices have surged to record levels amid ongoing tensions in the <strong>Middle East<\/strong>. The price of <strong>urea fertilizer<\/strong> has risen by <strong>11% compared to last month<\/strong>, surpassing <strong>$677 per ton<\/strong>. In <strong>New Orleans<\/strong>, urea prices have reached a peak unseen in the past three years. <strong>Anhydrous fertilizer<\/strong> has also experienced a significant increase, rising by <strong>8% month-on-month<\/strong> to an average of <strong>$931 per ton<\/strong>. These price spikes mark a notable return to historical highs that were last seen during the <strong>Ukraine-Russia conflict in 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While fertilizer prices remained relatively stable throughout <strong>2023 and 2024<\/strong>, the recent geopolitical instability in the Middle East has triggered this sudden upward trend. Analysts warn that these rising costs may increase <strong>agricultural production expenses<\/strong> worldwide, impacting crop prices and food supply chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global fertilizer prices have surged to record levels amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East. The price of urea fertilizer has risen by 11% compared to last month, surpassing $677 per ton. In New Orleans, urea prices have reached a peak unseen in the past three years. Anhydrous fertilizer has also experienced a significant increase, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[211,209,214,212,213,210],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economicnews","tag-agricultural-costs","tag-anhydrous-fertilizer","tag-fertilizer-price-increase","tag-global-fertilizer-market","tag-middle-east-tension","tag-urea-price"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}