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Oct 2021
28m 30s

Buy Nitrogen Now or Wait? A Global View

RABOBANK
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As global urea prices move toward 2008 levels, farmers across the northern and southern hemisphere face a difficult decision: buy nitrogen now, or hold out for a price drop? Samuel Taylor (North America), Lief Chiang (China), and Stefan van Merrienboer (Europe) join Wes Lefroy (Australia) to help dissect what is happening in the global nitrogen market and contemplate how farmers can respond to these high prices.

This episode also appears on our sister podcasts RaboResearch F&A Asia and RaboResearch F&A North America

Wes Lefroy (@wlefroy4) / Twitter

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