# Beef and Energy in farming

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/beef-and-energy-in-farming/

[Beef](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/beef/) (commodity) and [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_agri_energy/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Diesel powers feed growing, trucking cattle and chilled transport of meat. The diesel proxy correlates with beef at 0.18 for monthly moves and 0.44 for yearly moves, a cost and general demand link.

- **0.18** monthly change correlation
- **0.44** 12-month change correlation
- **0.37** fitted elasticity

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