Agri-Business
The Agricultural Output Price Index rose by 20.7% in the 12 months to May 2025, and the Agricultural Input Price Index rose slightly by 0.1%.
The price of cattle jumped by over 40% in the the 12 months to March 2025, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Preliminary estimates from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show a fall of 9.8% in the Agricultural Price Input Index for 2024.
Rural Life
There were "significant reductions" in key farm input prices over the 12 months to June of this year according to a new CSO report.
Fertiliser prices were down by 25% in May when compared to the same month in the previous year, according to the CSO.
Fertiliser prices fell by nearly 40% over the 12 months to March 2024, according to new figures published by the CSO>
Latest CSO figures show dairy farmers have shouldered one of the biggest falls in output prices over the 12 months to September 2023,
Dairy
A new report from the CSO shows that the price paid to farmers for milk supplied to processors fell 38% over the year to August.
The price of fertiliser and soil improver products fell by 23% in the second quarter of the year according to Eurostat.
New figures from the CSO highlight that over the 12 months to June 2023 there was a sharp decline in the fertiliser price index.
The ICMSA has commented on the CSO Agricultural Price Indices saying input price inflation is "completely eroding" output price improvements.
The agricultural output price index is up 13.6% in the year to April 2021, according to latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
