# Potash and Potatoes

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/potash-and-potatoes/

[Potash](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/potash/) (commodity) and [Potatoes](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/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

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