Potash and Potatoes

Their prices have moved together.

Potash (commodity) and Potatoes (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: fertiliser cost

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Potatoes need a lot of potassium, so potash is a major fertiliser cost. The link with potato prices is weak: monthly moves correlate at 0.09 and yearly moves at 0.32.

• 0.09 monthly change correlation
• 0.32 12-month change correlation
• 0.33 fitted elasticity

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