# Biomass and Maize

Biomass needs maize; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biomass-and-maize/

[Biomass](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_biomass/) (energy) and [Maize](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/maize/) (commodity): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Maize → Biomass*

Building or running Biomass needs maize.

### 2. Price link: residue and crop

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Crop residues and energy crops compete with food and feed for land, and maize stalks and cobs are burned or fermented in many regions. Monthly moves in the chip proxy and maize correlate at 0.16 and yearly at 0.41, a shared farm cycle.

- **0.16** monthly change correlation
- **0.41** 12-month change correlation
- **0.15** fitted elasticity

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