#Nitrogen Prices

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Nitrogen Prices Trend, Pricing, Database, Index, News, Chart, Forecast

Nitrogen prices play a pivotal role in the global agricultural industry, affecting farmers, producers, and consumers alike. As a key component of fertilizers, nitrogen is essential for promoting plant growth and maximizing crop yields. The fluctuation in nitrogen prices is influenced by various factors, including supply and demand dynamics, production costs, weather conditions, and geopolitical factors.

In recent years, nitrogen prices have experienced significant volatility, driven by shifts in global market dynamics. Supply disruptions, such as plant shutdowns or production delays, can lead to temporary spikes in prices. Conversely, periods of oversupply can exert downward pressure on prices, impacting the profitability of nitrogen producers.

The agricultural sector is a major consumer of nitrogen-based fertilizers, accounting for a significant portion of global nitrogen demand. As such, changes in agricultural practices, crop patterns, and adoption of advanced technologies can influence the demand for nitrogen products, thereby impacting prices.

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Moreover, macroeconomic factors, such as currency fluctuations and inflation, can also influence nitrogen prices. A weakening of the local currency in key producing regions can increase the cost of imported raw materials, leading to higher production costs and subsequently higher prices for nitrogen-based fertilizers.

Geopolitical tensions and trade disputes can further exacerbate price volatility in the nitrogen market. Tariffs, sanctions, or restrictions on trade can disrupt supply chains and limit market access, leading to price spikes or supply shortages in certain regions.

Environmental regulations and sustainability initiatives are also playing an increasingly important role in shaping the nitrogen market. Concerns about water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil health are prompting policymakers to introduce stricter regulations on nitrogen usage and emissions, which could impact production costs and prices in the long run.

The emergence of alternative sources of nitrogen, such as biological or renewable nitrogen, could also influence traditional nitrogen prices. These alternative sources offer potential benefits in terms of sustainability and environmental impact, but their adoption and commercialization may depend on technological advancements and cost competitiveness relative to conventional nitrogen products.

In conclusion, nitrogen prices are subject to a complex interplay of factors, ranging from supply and demand dynamics to geopolitical tensions and environmental regulations. Understanding these factors and their potential impact is essential for stakeholders in the agricultural industry to navigate price volatility and make informed decisions regarding fertilizer usage and production.

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[chemanalysta]

In the first quarter of 2023, the market sentiments of Nitrogen fluctuated in the North American region on account of demand strength and production cost. Nitrogen prices in the US market fell due to dropping upstream (natural gas) prices and weak demand for the product. The stock of inventories was adequate to meet domestic demand. Despite the low cost of domestic Nitrogen production, the overall market is declining. Domestic Nitrogen output in the US market remained limited since there was little upstream demand for the product in the fertilizer market. Average industrial outputs were produced, while production costs varied with natural gas prices.

[lethimfertilise]

Russia has extended fertiliser export quotas until November 30, effective from June 1 of this year.

The quotas for June 1 to November 30 will total 19.7 million tonnes, with 12.4 million tonnes allocated for nitrogen-based fertilizers and 7.3 million tonnes for complex and phosphate-based products, excluding DAP.

What does this change for the global supply and demand? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

In 2023, Russia exported 9.48 million tonnes of urea, 3.15 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate (AN), and 1.89 million tonnes of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN).

Don't overreact, ladies and gentlemen.

[aaaholdinggroupus]

How to Use High-Nitrogen Fertilizers for Optimal Outcomes

High-nitrogen fertilizers are the best option for robust growth and brilliant greenery. We'll take you through all the necessary procedures in this guide to use these nitrogen-rich mixtures to get great results in your garden or farming ventures. Let us examine the intricacies of applying fertiliser high in nitrogen for the best results, from comprehending application methods to optimizing absorption. Read more: https://www.zupyak.com/p/4053664/t/how-to-use-high-nitrogen-fertilisers-for-optimal-outcomes

[jameswilly98]

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The globalindustrial nitrogen generator marketsize is projected to reach USD 5.5 billion by 2026 from USD 4.2 billion in 2021, at a CAGR of 5.4% during the forecast period. The increasing demand for industrial nitrogen generator from the packaged and convenient food sector is driving the market. In addition, increasing demand from end-use industries such as food & beverage, transportation, medical & pharmaceutical, chemical, and manufacturing as well as increasing demand due to the growing consumer electronics sector is also driving the industrial nitrogen generator market. Growth in urbanization in the emerging economies, such as APAC, Middle East & Africa, and South America, are also driving the market. 

Based on end-use industry, the industrial nitrogen generator market is segmented into food & beverage, medical & pharmaceutical, transportation, electrical & electronics, chemical & petrochemical, manufacturing, packaging, and others. Food & beverage is the largest end-use industry of the industrial nitrogen generators market owing to the increased demand for better quality packaged food items, growth in demand for convenient foods, reduction in food wastage, and increasing urbanization in the emerging economies. In addition, the rise in income levels and the growth of the middle-class population are also driving demand for industrial nitrogen generators in the food & beverage industry. 

APAC is the largest market for industrial nitrogen generators. This large market share is primarily attributed to emerging economies, such as India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand, in the region, where demand for packaged and convenient food products are increasing annually. Moreover, growth in population and increasing urbanization rate are also driving the market for quality processed food products and boosting industrial nitrogen generator consumption. In addition, growth in industrialization, increasing demand due to changing demographics, such as improving living standards, rising disposable incomes, and government initiatives to attract business investments in industries such as automotive, marine, oil & gas, and chemical are also driving the market for industrial nitrogen generators in the region.  

 The key players in the industrial nitrogen generator market include Parker Hannifin Corporation (US), Ingersoll Rand (US), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (US), Atlas Copco (Sweden), Air Liquide (France), Hitachi Industrial Equipment System Company (Japan), Inmatec (Germany), Linde Plc (UK), Novair SAS (France), and Oxymat A/S (Denmark). 

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Nitrogen Prices, Price Trend, Pricing, News, Analysis & Forecast

Nitrogen prices are a critical factor in the agricultural industry, impacting everything from crop production costs to food prices on the shelves. As a key component of fertilizers, nitrogen is essential for plant growth and plays a significant role in global food security. The fluctuation of nitrogen prices is influenced by various factors, including supply and demand dynamics, energy costs, weather patterns, government policies, and global economic conditions.

One of the primary drivers of nitrogen prices is the balance between supply and demand. Agricultural demand for nitrogen fertilizers is relatively stable, as farmers require them to maximize crop yields. However, fluctuations in supply, often due to changes in production capacity or disruptions in raw material availability, can lead to price volatility. For example, disruptions in natural gas supply, which is a primary feedstock for nitrogen fertilizer production, can impact prices significantly.

Energy costs also heavily influence nitrogen prices, as nitrogen fertilizer production is energy-intensive. The price of natural gas, in particular, has a direct impact on the cost of nitrogen production, as it is used as both a fuel and a feedstock in the Haber-Bosch process, the primary method for producing nitrogen fertilizers. Therefore, any fluctuations in energy prices, such as changes in oil and gas markets, can ripple through to nitrogen prices.

Weather patterns and agricultural trends also play a role in nitrogen prices. Favorable weather conditions can lead to increased demand for fertilizers as farmers aim to capitalize on optimal growing conditions. Conversely, adverse weather events, such as droughts or floods, can disrupt planting schedules and reduce fertilizer demand. Additionally, shifts in agricultural practices, such as changes in crop rotations or the adoption of precision farming techniques, can influence nitrogen usage patterns and, consequently, prices.

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Government policies and regulations further impact nitrogen prices. Subsidies and tariffs can affect the cost of nitrogen fertilizers, as governments aim to support domestic agriculture or regulate trade. Environmental regulations related to nitrogen runoff and greenhouse gas emissions may also influence the production processes and costs associated with nitrogen fertilizers, indirectly affecting prices.

Global economic conditions, including currency exchange rates and trade dynamics, can also affect nitrogen prices. Fluctuations in currency values can impact the cost of imported raw materials and finished fertilizer products, potentially leading to price changes in local markets. Trade disputes or agreements may also influence the flow of nitrogen fertilizers between countries, affecting supply and demand dynamics and, consequently, prices.

In recent years, nitrogen prices have experienced notable fluctuations due to a combination of these factors. For example, periods of low natural gas prices, driven by increased production from shale gas reserves, have contributed to lower nitrogen fertilizer prices. Conversely, supply disruptions, such as plant outages or transportation bottlenecks, can lead to temporary spikes in prices.

Understanding the factors driving nitrogen prices is crucial for stakeholders in the agricultural industry, including farmers, input suppliers, and policymakers. Farmers need to anticipate and manage input costs to optimize their profitability, while input suppliers must navigate price volatility to maintain competitiveness and profitability. Policymakers play a role in shaping the regulatory environment and implementing policies that support a stable and sustainable agricultural sector.

In conclusion, nitrogen prices are influenced by a complex interplay of factors, including supply and demand dynamics, energy costs, weather patterns, government policies, and global economic conditions. The agricultural industry must closely monitor these factors to anticipate and respond to price fluctuations, ensuring the continued availability and affordability of nitrogen fertilizers to support global food production.

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[swordymacaroni]

Random Stuff the Cod Men Would Say

A/N- Children, don't stay up till 3:47 am like I did

Warnings-Language/Ghost being depressed as always

R/N: I hate when I wake up and-

Simon: I hate when I wake up in general.

*on the phone*

R/N: I'm breaking up

Soap: I'm pReGnAnT

R/N: 

Soap: 

R/N: I meant the phone call

Soap: I panicked

Ghost: "What happens to nitrogen when the sun rises? 

Gaz: No! PLEASE-

Ghost: It becomes daytrogen.

Ghost: Good nitrogen. 

Ghost with an evil smirk: Sleep tightrogen. 

Ghost, almost giggling: Don't let the bugs bitrogen."

Gaz, doing breathing exercises: That concussion on our last mission got to him.

R/N: Are you a tea person or a coffee person?

Price: R/N. Love.

Price: I am hardly even a person.

R/N: ( • ᴖ • ｡)

Price: 

Price: Coffee. 

R/N: I just really want to take someone out.

Gaz : Aww.

Soap: On a date?

R/N: With a sniper gun. 

R/N: if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump off too?

Ghost: No

R/N: Good-

Ghost: I would jump first.

R/N: ˙◠˙

Gaz: The risk I took was calculated.

Gaz:

Gaz: But damn am I bad at math.

R/N: So, Ghost, tell us, what do you struggle with?

Ghost:

Ghost: Nothing!

Ghost: I'm totally great.

The entirety of 141: So it looks like Ghost struggles with honesty

R/N: FUCK I JUST WANNA DIE

Price: Language, R/N!

R/N: Holy heck, I crave death-

Gaz: Words ending in IE are so cute!

Soap: Yeah, like sweetie, cutie

Konig: Maybe cookie-

R/N: And POOKIE

Ghost:

Ghost: and die.

R/N: What's wrong with you???

Ghost: So do you want that chronologically or alphabetically? 

R/N: Are you decent?

Ghost: Morally, no, but I'm wearing pants....

Credits to Pinterest

[reasonsforhope]

"A global shift to a mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help restrict global heating to 1.5C, a new study shows.

Previous research has warned how emissions from food alone at current rates will propel the world past this key international target.

But the new research, published in the Science Advances journal, shows how that could be prevented by widespread adoption of a flexitarian diet based around reducing meat consumption and adding more plant-based food.

“A shift toward healthy diets would not only benefit the people, the land and food systems,” said Florian Humpenöder, a study author and senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, “but also would have an impact on the total economy in terms of how fast emissions need to be reduced.” ...

The researchers found that adopting a flexitarian diet could lower methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture and lower the impacts of food production on water, nitrogen and biodiversity. This in turn could reduce the economic costs related to human health and ecosystem degradation and cut GHG emissions pricing, or what it costs to mitigate carbon, by 43% in 2050.

The dietary shift models also show limiting peak warming to about 1.5C can be achieved by 2045 with less carbon dioxide removal, compared with if we maintain our current diets.

“It’s important to stress that flexitarian is not vegetarian and not vegan,” Humpenöder says. “It’s less livestock products, especially in high-income regions, and the diet is based on what would be the best diet for human health.”

In the US, agriculture accounts for more than 10% of total GHG emissions. Most of it comes from livestock. Reducing meat consumption can free up agricultural land used for livestock production, which in turn can lower methane emissions. A potent greenhouse gas, methane is mainly expelled from cows and other animals raised for livestock. Animal production is the primary contributor to air quality-related health impacts from US food systems.

“This paper further confirms what other studies have shown, which is that if we change our diets to a more flexitarian type, we can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Jason Hill, a professor in the University of Minnesota’s department of bioproducts and biosystems engineering.

According to the study authors, one way to achieve a shift toward healthier diets is through price-based incentives, such as putting taxes on the highest-emitting animal products, including beef and lamb. Another option is informing consumers about environmental consequences of high meat consumption."

-via The Guardian, March 27, 2024

[probablyasocialecologist]

Since the turn of the millennium, the prices of crude oil and food have evolved almost in sync. This can be put down to the high energy input required for the production of agricultural commodities such as synthetic fertilisers and chemical pesticides. In addition, a huge amount of fossil fuel energy is needed to manufacture and operate farm machinery and to process, package, distribute and prepare food. Food systems consume 15% of the fossil fuel energy used globally, according to estimates. The production of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers is particularly energy-intensive, requiring around 4% of global gas consumption.

Public Food Stocks for Price Stabilisation and their Contribution to the Transformation of Food Systems

[forestshadow-wolf]

HASO (ignore inaccuracies. There are aliens and I killed realism with a shank)

The door slams open startling the various aliens in the room. It's a blur of shouting and chaos as they drag Ghost through the doors of the medical center.

A doctor nearly shrieks when they finally push through the crowd. It's very apparent why when you factor in the nearly severed leg on Ghost.

And yet somehow he's still talking and conscious. Hell he's asking for *food* as if that's the most pressing matter to him. That'll be the VERY strong painkillers. The limb is tied off but he's still bleeding. The doctor gives him a mask to administer nitrogen, and he nearly takes it before the Captain stops the action. A gruff "oxygen." The doctor opens his mandibles to protest, but Gaz butts in, "humans need oxygen."

Soap is keeping his distracted as well as he can.

"Y'know wot I could go for? French fries."

"Aye, s'that so, lt?" Soap laughs.

"Yeah. And... maybe a leg."

"Oh really? I hadn't noticed."

"Yeah actually."

Soap rolls his eyes. Ghost is VERY high.

"You owe me a drink now." Ghost says, trying to sound very serious (and failing)

"Oh do I? And what for." Soap asks skeptically.

"I made the jump."

The doctor cuts away the fabric of his pants. It's a gruesome sight. He tells Price they'll more than likely have to remove it.

"Yeah an lost your leg." Soap deadpans

"Eh semantics, 'sides I had some extra weight in the back."

"Excuses."

A needle pricks Ghost's skin, and the next think he knows Soap is wishing him a goodnight before he falls into black.

"So 'm I a robot yet?" Ghost mumbles, without opening his eyes. He hears a chuckle.

"Couldn't squeeze your fat arse into a leg while you were asleep. So no." Soap laughs. Ghost sees not that he's got a basket of fries in hand. He frowns. Where's his fries.

"Are those my fries?"

"See. Fat. These are mine, get your own."

"Aww c'mon Johnny, I'm a cripple now."

"Y'are not n you know it."

Ghost sticks his tongue put at him.

[sculptorofcrimson]

The Long Vigil

Synopsis: Traitor!Valdor, and his endless exile.

Was it worth it? Was the powers he gained truly worth the price he had paid?

Once he served a god. Once he had served a king, when worlds had knelt before His words, upon which storms would rage upon His call and angels would fall from His command. 

Now he walks alone, watching and waiting for a time that will never pass, standing a vigil that will never end. Meandering without destination, wandering without even expectation. His spear clicking like a crutch, the Apollonian blade crusted with frozen blood, his bulk wrapped in thick layers of furs and iron instead of glorious gold. The coarse cloth rustles with him against the raging wind, scarred iron armour beneath concealing nothing but his misericordia, and the half-dried remnants of the last Custodian who had tried to stop him. The blood of his former brother leaves streaks of crimson upon the snow as Valdor wanders headfirst into the storm, his cloak flapping behind him. 

He tracks his brothers’ blood into his first steps towards freedom. 

Maulland XVI. For its frost, its snow, its ice and its sole guardian, they would name the world hosting exile of the Lord Custodes after his first campaign. Only the Order could learn to appreciate the bitter irony. 

When he exhales, his breath plumes out against his surprisingly slim features, unaided by rebreathers of either armor or technology, the frost-sharp edges of the cold bitter enough to freeze moisture in unaugmented lungs. He sinks into generations-old ice with every step, the storm battering at him at every turn, as if it had tasted his treachery, and wished to smite him down for its mere transgression. An explorer’s pack, long since neglected by the physiology of a traitor that had been sculpted by the Emperor Himself, cradled a book holding names he would never hear again, names he would never welcome from his master. The storm batters at him, rages against him, sinks its frenzied teeth into him with every jagged breath. He inhales, and the air tastes vaguely of nitrogen, the atmosphere lethal to any but perhaps one of the Ten Thousand. He limps onwards, leaning against the spear like a crutch as the ship once meant to take him prisoner burns behind him. The Custodes piloting the Ares Gunship had not been prepared to face him, in all his broken rage, in all his betrayal, with all the wrath of a servant betrayed. He had not expected to gaze into the eye of love-to-hatred-turned and see Constantin Valdor staring back, frenzied and mad and broken in his obsession, abandoned and betrayed and so utterly broken by the Emperor that not even He could piece him back together.

He had never wanted to unleash the traitors against his own brothers, he had never wanted to fling the Palace defenses wide open before traitors and welcome their hordes as they surged through gold and crimson, the defenders’ once great captain turned betrayer. 

He had never wanted to flee the Palace under a guise of black and gold. He had once served a god, before whom oceans would kneel and mountains would tremble, but He had betrayed him. He had betrayed them all. 

He had stolen dreams from his servants and bound gold into their minds. His master had stolen their love, their loyalty, their very ambition, and was it such a sin to recoil in horror when he had been granted just a modicum of humanity back? 

When seas boil and stars fall, was it such a sin to merely want to live for yourself instead of dying for another? Another that did not serve His endless failure, another that had done nothing but beat obedience into his bones and break disagreements from his mind? To rip him away until he was nothing but the hollow ache of HIs dream, the echoes of His sacrifices screaming back at Him for eternity? 

He could still feel the Ares Gunship’s burning firelight dancing against his furs. Constantin could still see the horrified eyes of his former brother as he had leaned in, face to helm with him now, misericordia lodged to the hilt in his neck, his face twisted in a broken snarl. Feeling his breaths, fast like a dying rabbit, beating slower and slower as blood gurgled out of his wounds and splattered over Valdor’s ragged robes. Watching as a golden guardian died beneath the gaze of a traitor, cursing him with his dying breath.

He had trained this man, Valdor had named him, given him his three hundred and sixty seven names, had sparred against him, had fought side by side with him when the Webway flooded beneath daemonic corpses. He had raised this boy when he was being turned into a Custodes, he had raised him and watched him die. 

‘I cannot let them live,’ Valdor had thought then. Almost in desperation, almost in prayer, almost as if he was begging at the feet of a master he no longer had. ‘I know each of their names, I can name each of their deeds, I raised them, trained them, and fought them. They are my brothers, but I cannot let them live.’ 

He had twisted the blade of his misericordia, the knife meant to kill traitors now in the hands of one, lodged to the bone in the spine of his brother. It looked as if the Custodian was crying bloody tears. Yet he refused to die, squirming there, thrashing at the tip of the knife.  

Blood. So much blood.

Here, at the end and the death. 

Here, at last. Tanned skin gurgling and splitting open beneath his golden blade, fading eyes lifted to the featureless gold of the ship’s ceiling as if begging in reverence to his master. But the Emperor’s not there. The Emperor cannot save him. How he had twitched, trying to crawl away, trying to draw his own blade. Trying to raise his Sentinel Blade and twist it enough to dig into Valdor’s immaculate armor.

‘Damn you…’ his dying brother had whispered, still crawling towards his own sword. 

‘Rest now.’ Valdor had spoken then, gentle in the same way he had been gentle when he had sunk in the blade. He had not wanted to kill him. But they had pushed him to sink in the blade. ‘Rest now, in the shame of your failure, knowing you have served well. Rest now, and sleep, knowing you have served Him.’

His blade was finally tilted against the edge of Valdor’s throat. He wore nothing more than primitive armor, barely any better than the Thunder Warriors he had slain. A singular push from the dying warrior and he would take him down to death with him. So close. So close to avenging his Emperor and his Order. Yet he will die before he even reaches that far. He was dying, laced with his traitor captain’s blood. 

With brotherly kindness, Valdor lays him down, and plucks the sword from around his neck. He begins to withdraw the misericordia from the Custodian. He could feel him dying, spasming around the shaft of the blade. ‘Rest now, knowing that I take no pleasure in this.’ he says. ‘I take no pleasure in what I have done.’

He had expected to be hated. Loathed. Or perhaps simply raged at, anger, pure and blinding, for one that had betrayed the Emperor. But instead that ruined thing that was once his brother laughed, coughing out a final, dry chuckle. 

‘Served?' he rasps. ‘Served Him? You were supposed to be the greatest of us. The first, and the only. Above the ordinary. Golden.’

The Custodian grins through blood-laced teeth. He was a corpse, yet he bit off each other with burning, bleeding clarity. ‘We are not meant to take pleasure. We are His tools, to be used and cast aside. To trade our lives for His. Because there’s nothing left for you, Constantin. No life, love, no joy, no death, no rest. No respite from the endless crush of your duty. There’s nothing He can take from you that He hasn’t already, nothing left for us, Constantin, if not for Him. We are nothing.’ 

Nothing but the living dead wrapped in gold, waiting to be returned to the grave. The galaxy can burn, the world itself can drown, wonders and madness can eat the fabric of time itself and stars can plummet from senseless skies, but he would never change, never yield, never love, never rejoice, never feel anything but the endless crush of a vigil that will never end. 

The Custodian spasms. His spine cracks as Valdor pulls out the blade. Yet, he spits out his last words through failing organs, gurgling out blood from bleeding lungs. ‘You were supposed to be the greatest of us all. You were supposed to be His favorite. But look at you now. Look at what you have become. Honorless and disgraced. Scorned, pitied, and hated by the masses. Unnamed, erased utterly from the history books, cursed by the names of those you were supposed to lead. No better than Horus now. No better than the traitors.’

The chains have broken. The master’s throne has been usurped by the master’s slaves. The treachery has unfolded, and the most loyal of His dogs has abandoned Him. The cycle ends where it began, beneath frost and winds, so alike Maulland Sen. 

No better than the traitors now. As he walks away into the frost and the snow, knowing he was no better than the first heretic. Perhaps worse. Treachery was only human nature, after all. But for one who had no human nature at all, what excuse can he make but his own moral failings? 

Valdor stops, dragging the spear in a close circle to him, closing tired eyes and feeling the storm whip itself around him. His breaths come jagged now, slow and painful. He welcomes the cold. For a moment he could delude himself into remembering the first campaigns, how he had soldiered through the storm and basked beneath the praises of his master. The thunder and the iron, almost enough to deceive his perfect mind and almost remember what it felt like to dream. What it felt like to feel human. To dare to dream, if only for a few seconds, before the Emperor’s obsessions sink in again and he could only soldier on through the storm. Inhuman, disgraced, and exiled, limping his way through a world without warmth. 

What else could he do? What else could he do, when the only other time he felt human was when he killed?