# Coffee and Urea

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coffee-and-urea/

[Coffee](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/coffee/) (commodity) and [Urea](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/urea/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fertiliser cost

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Coffee farms use nitrogen fertiliser, and high prices lead farmers to apply less, cutting future yields. The monthly link is nil at minus 0.02, and yearly moves correlate at 0.36, consistent with a slow, indirect effect.

- **-0.02** monthly change correlation
- **0.36** 12-month change correlation
- **0.51** fitted elasticity

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