# Eggs and Energy in farming

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Eggs](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/) (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 · Weak · Both ways*

Power and fuel for sheds, egg grading and transport are farm costs. The diesel proxy shows almost no link with the egg index: monthly moves correlate at 0.07 and yearly moves at 0.12.

- **0.07** monthly change correlation
- **0.12** 12-month change correlation
- **0.52** fitted elasticity

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