# Energy in farming and Potatoes

Their prices have moved together.

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

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

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Diesel for machines and power for cold storage are large costs for potatoes, which are bulky and perishable. The diesel proxy shows little link: monthly moves correlate at 0.02 and yearly moves at 0.23.

- **0.02** monthly change correlation
- **0.23** 12-month change correlation
- **0.42** fitted elasticity

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