Ammonium nitrate is a bit different. ANFO or ANIS is well known in the improvised explosives field.
Neither an AN bomb or urea-based device will go off without a booster, it's not “cap sensitive”.
The most likely reason for the theft is fertilizing fields.
“The most likely reason for the theft is fertilizing fields.”
Bingo!!.....last year fertilizer got very expensive....I paid almost $30 for a 50 pound bag to put on clover around our pond....I would bet that this theft was agricultural in nature; and not anarchist inspired....and BTW I used to buy seed and fertilizer from that Southern States Co-op and somebody must have forgotten to lock the gate to the parking lot....to steal 160 bags took plenty of man power and took some time....wrestling those 50 lb bags around will wear your ass out....they must of had a skid steer and pallets.
How many gangster farmers can there be?