# Energy in farming and Pulses

Their prices have moved together.

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

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

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Diesel for farm machines and transport is a cost, though pulses need little fertiliser since they fix their own nitrogen. Monthly moves correlate at 0.12 and yearly moves at 0.21.

- **0.12** monthly change correlation
- **0.21** 12-month change correlation
- **0.38** fitted elasticity

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