# Maize and Pork

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/maize-and-pork/

[Maize](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/maize/) (commodity) and [Pork](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/pork/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: feed cost

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Maize is the main energy feed for pigs, so feed prices set much of the cost of raising them. The link shows over a year rather than a month: monthly moves correlate at 0.07 and yearly moves at 0.40.

- **0.07** monthly change correlation
- **0.40** 12-month change correlation
- **0.47** fitted elasticity

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