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Fertilizer Watch

Monitoring energy-driven fertilizer supply disruption

Scenario Mode

A small spillover demo using predefined local scenarios and mocked LNG reroute events.

Scenario Simulator (Bayesian)

A small what-if simulator: set evidence, then infer supply shock and downstream impact probabilities.

Hormuz status
Upstream dependency
Energy stress (TTF)
Checking availability…

Outputs

P(Supply shock)

P(Downstream impact: High)

Hormuz LNG shock

confidence - 0.60

Recent intelligence links Hormuz and LNG stress to downstream fertilizer and market-risk spillovers.

Chokepoints hit
Bab el-Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal
Commodities affected
LNG, ammonia, fertilizer, natural gas, urea
Regions affected
Brazil, China, EU, India

Europe captures redirected LNG cargoes during gas stress

confidence · 0.88

Europe draws a redirected LNG cargo during a stress window, tightening gas competition and reinforcing nitrogen-linked fertilizer pressure.

Affected chokepoints
U.S. Gulf LNG, Northwest Europe LNG, Suez Canal
Affected commodities
ammonia, urea
Affected companies
Yara, CF Industries, OCI

Spillover Chain

LNG cargo reroutes toward Europe Northwest Europe gas tightness rises Ammonia feedstock costs increase Nitrogen fertilizer pricing firms Importer and farmer costs rise

Trigger Events

  • 2026-03-10T14:00:00Z
    Lng Reroute

    Cargo appears rerouted from Asia-bound expectation toward Northwest Europe amid stronger European price pull.

Monitor Impact

Predefined deltas show how this scenario would move the current watch.

Monitor impacts scaled by Bayesian P(SupplyShock).

Europe Gas Stress
67 -> 79
+12
LNG Delivery Disruption
59 -> 67
+8
Ammonia Price
53 -> 59
+6
Farmer Input Affordability
56 -> 60
+4

Mock scenario built from the LNG reroute event dataset.

EU Supply Diversification (Russia · US Gulf · Anchors)

Policy Exposure, Swing Capacity, and Anchor Stability for Nitrogen Fertilizers.

Policy Exposure (Russia / Belarus)

Residual dependence: 0.0%

Residual Russian/Belarusian dependence persists because substitution is incomplete.

Swing Capacity (US Gulf / CF)

Substitution capacity: 0.0%

US Gulf acts as marginal swing supply for EU nitrogen.

Anchor Stability (Morocco / Canada etc.)

Stabilizer weight: 0.0%

Anchors (e.g. Canada, Morocco, Gulf producers) support EU resilience by bucket.

Coverage note: “SEC Verified” indicates weights derived from 2026 regulatory filings. “Provisional” indicates analyst-estimated asset concentration pending source validation. Weight-based shares reflect modeled influence, not only row counts.

EU Route Friction (Tariffs / CBAM)

Simple view of tariff, specific duty, and CBAM accrual friction for key nitrogen routes into the EU.

Russia → EU (Nitrogen Fertilizers)

Tariff friction 0%
Specific duty friction 0%
CBAM accrual friction 0%
Verification advantage 0%
Edge friction coefficient 0%

United States → EU (Nitrogen Fertilizers)

Tariff friction 0%
Specific duty friction 0%
CBAM accrual friction 0%
Verification advantage 0%
Edge friction coefficient 0%

CBAM is shown as accrued exposure on 2026 imports (certificates purchased from 2027), not as a current border duty.

EU Margin Squeeze (Urea vs Corn)

Simple local view of fertilizer vs crop prices using World Bank urea and corn benchmarks.

Latest observation
2026-02-01
Urea price (USD/ton)
472
Corn price (USD/ton)
Fertilizer-to-crop ratio

Based on recent EU-facing urea and corn prices. When the ratio rises, the revenue cushion for farmers shrinks and demand destruction becomes more likely.

Scenario News

Local ingested analyst and GEMI-style reports.

Cause & Effect Signals

Simple supply-chain transmission paths inferred from recent news.

Hormuz Shipping Risk

Hormuz Shipping Lane → LNG Supply → Ammonia Plants → Fertilizer Output

Phosphate Supply Risk

Morocco Phosphate → DAP Fertilizer → Crop Yield → Food Supply

Scenario Map

Highlighted nodes show where the shock starts, moves, and lands.

Map emphasis scaled by Bayesian P(DownstreamImpact High).