# Bioethanol and Sorghum

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Bioethanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/bioethanol/) (chemical) and [Sorghum](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/sorghum/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: product made

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Some US ethanol plants use sorghum alongside maize, so ethanol margins affect demand. The ethanol index shares yearly moves at 0.54 but monthly moves only at 0.15, as sorghum is a small share of ethanol feed.

- **0.15** monthly change correlation
- **0.54** 12-month change correlation
- **0.63** fitted elasticity

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