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Wheat: Relationships

Every element and industry that Wheat is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

  • Urea: Wheat is one of the largest users of urea nitrogen, taking about a fifth of India's nitrogen fertiliser. In India a frozen urea price and a rising wheat support price keep heavy nitrogen use attractive, and the cost of that lands on the fertiliser subsidy. (researched)
  • Maize: Maize and wheat compete in animal feed, so when wheat becomes cheap relative to maize it is fed to livestock; that switching, plus shared drivers such as world stocks and the dollar, makes them one of the tightest grain price pairs. (researched)
  • Energy in farming: Energy in farming needs wheat; their prices have moved together.
  • Barley: Their prices have moved together.
  • Education and research: Education and research depends on wheat.
  • Food and beverage processing: Food and beverage processing depends on wheat.
  • Healthcare services: Healthcare services depends on wheat.
  • Hospitality and tourism: Hospitality and tourism depends on wheat.
  • Oats: Their prices have moved together.
  • Potatoes: Their prices have moved together.
  • Pulses: Their prices have moved together.
  • Rice: Their prices have moved together.
  • Sorghum: Their prices have moved together.
  • Soybeans: Their prices have moved together.
  • Sunflower: Their prices have moved together.
  • Wholesale and retail trade: Wholesale and retail trade depends on wheat.