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Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen, which is used in the production of plastics, adhesives, but also in cosmetics. More than 90% of the world's urea production is for agricultural use as fertiliser. Urea has the highest nitrogen content of the commonly used solid nitrogen fertilisers. Unfortunately, the current price trend is very unfavourable not only for urea but for all nitrogen fertilisers. Although agricultural commodity prices have risen proportionately, they are not always sufficient to cover the costs incurred in producing the commodity. What is certain, however, is that any price anomalies in the morning will ultimately be paid for by all of us in food prices, even in staple food prices. How far are our farmers willing to pay, and what effect will this price anomaly have on agricultural technology, farm composition and farming?
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