# Barley and Sorghum

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/barley-and-sorghum/

[Barley](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/barley/) (commodity) and [Sorghum](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/sorghum/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: substitute

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Barley and sorghum are both feed grains and are both bought in large volumes by China. Monthly moves correlate at 0.34 and yearly moves at 0.71, though the link faded to 0.04 in the series' last five years.

- **0.34** monthly change correlation
- **0.71** 12-month change correlation
- **0.58** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.