Agri-Business
Irish agricultural output prices suffered the EU’s second-steepest fall in Q2 2026, with the value farmers received dropping sharply.
Dairy
There has been a year-on-year decline in the price of dairy products such as cheese and butter, according to statistics released by Eurostat.
EU
John Deere, New Holland and Fendt dominate European fields, but Ireland's grassland focused farming sector tells a slightly different story.
Livestock numbers across the European Union decreased further in 2025, with falls recorded in the...
Rural Life
Agriculture has longer working hours than in any other sector in the EU, including mining and construction.
The average price of agricultural output in the EU decreased by 2.9% in quarter one of 2026 compared with the same quarter in 2025.
The EU agri-food trade surplus increased in February 2026, reaching €4.4 billion.
Environment
In 2024, since 2000, the population of common bird species in the EU fell by 15.1%, and common farmland species population fell by 32.1%.
The average price of fertiliser and soil improvers in the EU rose by 8% in Q4 of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024.
Pesticide sales in the EU reached around 316,000 tonnes, an 8% rise over the previous year, according to Eurostat.
In 2025, the EU exported €238.2 billion worth of agricultural products and imported €213.5 billion, generating a €24.7 billion surplus.
Beef
France will be the EU's largest producer of beef in the second half of 2026 but production is set to fall in Ireland a new report shows.
The average price of agricultural output in Ireland rose in Q4 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, in contrast with most of the EU.
Early estimates for 2025 suggest that the average price of agricultural goods (outputs) in the EU went up by 3% compared with 2024.
Dairy News
Ireland was the third largest producer of butter across the European Union in 2024, according to a new report from Eurostat.
In 2024, agricultural output in the EU was valued at €531.9 billion in basic prices, a...
In the second quarter of 2025, the average price of agricultural output in the EU rose by 5.6% compared with the second quarter of 2024.
In 2024, 8.5% of the EU population were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day.
Tillage
In 2024, the EU harvested 62.2 million tonnes of fresh vegetables (including melons), marking a 6% increase from 2023 according to Eurostat.
For many people, both young and old alike, ice cream is an increasingly popular treat for a warm summer's day.
In 2023, 9.3 million tonnes of mineral fertilisers - nitrogen and phosphorus - were used in...
The EU Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Ireland is estimated to have risen by 1.6% in...
Livestock populations are continuing to decrease across the EU according to the latest data from Eurostat.
