# Crushed stone and Energy in farming

Their prices have moved together.

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

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

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fuel cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Quarry loaders, crushers and haul trucks burn diesel, which this proxy tracks. Monthly moves correlate at only -0.02 and yearly moves at -0.05, as fuel swings are handled through surcharges and annual price rises rather than base prices.

- **-0.02** monthly change correlation
- **-0.05** 12-month change correlation
- **0.31** fitted elasticity

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