Katrina perturbe aussi les importations américaines d'engrais.
" La grande question est de savoir quand les rivières et les ports redémarreront. "
"Cela pourrait prendre 2 mois( ? )"
>> Non seulement les exportations de céréales sont compromises, mais les prochaines récoltes de céréales pourraient être compromises...
“Katrina is definitely affecting the import of UAN (urea ammonia nitrate) from overseas,”
9/1/2005 4:39:45 PM Katrina Stymies Fertilizer Imports by Jeanne Bernick
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Farmers will have to put off locking in fertilizer prices this fall until the industry gets a better handle on its ability to move fertilizer product following hurricane Katrina. U.S. Gulf port at New Orleans is the primary port of entry for urea imported into North America .
The U.S. imports more than 40% of urea about half of the nitrogen used on its farms.
“Katrina is definitely affecting the import of UAN (urea ammonia nitrate) from overseas,” says Dave Braswell, Ag Chemical Sales Manager for Kirby Inland Marine, Houston, Texas. “Currently there are two ships loaded with fertilizer south of New Orleans that can’t get up the river. And there are other ships on the way.
Depending on when the river opens up, there is going to be a negative impact on our ability to get fertilizer north.”
The big question is how much the rivers and ports have been silted up, Braswell says.
It could be fixed in two days, it could be two months, he adds.
If the imports can not move inland, fertilizer prices could continue to rise ahead of the fall application season. Natural gas disruptions are also causing problems in the domestic fertilizer industry since nitrogen fertilizers are produced from natural gas. Terra has already closed its Yazoo City ammonia plant due to lack of natural gas and other plants may follow. The tighter supply could push nitrogen prices even higher.
Terra Industries Inc., the nation’s largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer, says it will restart Yazoo City production when natural gas supplies are restored.
The Yazoo City facility is undamaged and all of Terra's other manufacturing facilities remain in operation. The Yazoo City facility has the capacity to produce annually 500,000 tons of ammonia, most of which is upgraded into ammonium nitrate (AN) and UAN solution.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF), the Illinois-based maker and distributor of fertilizer products, temporarily shut down on Sunday all operations at its Donaldsonville , La. , plant. Resumption of operations will depend on "weather conditions, the availability of natural gas supply and other factors," the company said early this week.
The Mosaic Company announced that its Louisiana phosphate operations suffered only minor damage from Hurricane Katrina. This damage was mainly the loss of insulation at one of its plants, which is expected to be repaired within a week. These operations remain idle, however, due to a lack of sulfur supply.
Mosaic has two facilities located about 50 miles northwest of New Orleans. Its Uncle Sam plant has the capacity to produce 870,000 metric tons P2O5 of phosphoric acid annually, which is used to produce up to 1.9 million tons of diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) annually at its nearby Faustina plant.
Mosaic's Uncle Sam plant uses sulfur as a raw material which is sourced from nearby oil refineries. The impact of Hurricane Katrina has idled many oil refineries and, as a result, Mosaic's Louisiana operations are expected to restart production as sulfur becomes more available in this region.
Approximately 83% of Mosaic's phosphate capacity is located in Florida which was unaffected by Hurricane Katrina. Mosaic's Florida operations are currently operating at or near capacity in order to meet market demand.
In support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, Mosaic is making a $50,000 donation to the Red Cross and is matching employee contributions to the Red Cross.
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Katrina perturbe aussi les importations américaines d'engrais.
" La grande question est de savoir quand les rivières et les ports redémarreront. "
"Cela pourrait prendre 2 mois( ? )"
>> Non seulement les exportations de céréales sont compromises, mais les prochaines récoltes de céréales pourraient être compromises...
“Katrina is definitely affecting the import of UAN (urea ammonia nitrate) from overseas,”
9/1/2005 4:39:45 PM Katrina Stymies Fertilizer Imports by Jeanne Bernick
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.asp?pageid=120566&src=agnews
Farmers will have to put off locking in fertilizer prices this fall until the industry gets a better handle on its ability to move fertilizer product following hurricane Katrina. U.S. Gulf port at New Orleans is the primary port of entry for urea imported into North America .
The U.S. imports more than 40% of urea about half of the nitrogen used on its farms.
“Katrina is definitely affecting the import of UAN (urea ammonia nitrate) from overseas,” says Dave Braswell, Ag Chemical Sales Manager for Kirby Inland Marine, Houston, Texas. “Currently there are two ships loaded with fertilizer south of New Orleans that can’t get up the river. And there are other ships on the way.
Depending on when the river opens up, there is going to be a negative impact on our ability to get fertilizer north.”
The big question is how much the rivers and ports have been silted up, Braswell says.
It could be fixed in two days, it could be two months, he adds.
If the imports can not move inland, fertilizer prices could continue to rise ahead of the fall application season. Natural gas disruptions are also causing problems in the domestic fertilizer industry since nitrogen fertilizers are produced from natural gas. Terra has already closed its Yazoo City ammonia plant due to lack of natural gas and other plants may follow. The tighter supply could push nitrogen prices even higher.
Terra Industries Inc., the nation’s largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer, says it will restart Yazoo City production when natural gas supplies are restored.
The Yazoo City facility is undamaged and all of Terra's other manufacturing facilities remain in operation. The Yazoo City facility has the capacity to produce annually 500,000 tons of ammonia, most of which is upgraded into ammonium nitrate (AN) and UAN solution.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF), the Illinois-based maker and distributor of fertilizer products, temporarily shut down on Sunday all operations at its Donaldsonville , La. , plant. Resumption of operations will depend on "weather conditions, the availability of natural gas supply and other factors," the company said early this week.
The Mosaic Company announced that its Louisiana phosphate operations suffered only minor damage from Hurricane Katrina. This damage was mainly the loss of insulation at one of its plants, which is expected to be repaired within a week. These operations remain idle, however, due to a lack of sulfur supply.
Mosaic has two facilities located about 50 miles northwest of New Orleans. Its Uncle Sam plant has the capacity to produce 870,000 metric tons P2O5 of phosphoric acid annually, which is used to produce up to 1.9 million tons of diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) annually at its nearby Faustina plant.
Mosaic's Uncle Sam plant uses sulfur as a raw material which is sourced from nearby oil refineries. The impact of Hurricane Katrina has idled many oil refineries and, as a result, Mosaic's Louisiana operations are expected to restart production as sulfur becomes more available in this region.
Approximately 83% of Mosaic's phosphate capacity is located in Florida which was unaffected by Hurricane Katrina. Mosaic's Florida operations are currently operating at or near capacity in order to meet market demand.
In support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, Mosaic is making a $50,000 donation to the Red Cross and is matching employee contributions to the Red Cross.
© 2005 AgWeb.com. All Rights Reserved.