Agri-Business
The agricultural price output index is projected to have increased by 15% in 2025 when compared with 2024, CSO figures show.
Agricultural output prices have risen by 21.9% in the 12 months to November 2024, with milk price increasing by 41.9%, according the CSO
Prices for both agricultural outputs and inputs in the EU decreased in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, according to Eurostat.
Dairy
Both the output prices and input prices in the agriculture sector declined in the 12 months to January 2024, according to the CSO.
Farm organisations have raised concerns over CSO figures which show that the agricultural operating surplus has fallen by 36% last year.
The horticulture sector is continuing to see significant input price inflation, a trend that has been ongoing for four years.
New figures from the CSO highlight that over the 12 months to June 2023 there was a sharp decline in the fertiliser price index.
Other
Input costs are "outstripping" the increase in food prices and have left farmers financially worse off this according to a farm organisation.
Rural Life
The Rural Independent Group of TDs has called on the government to acknowledge the rising costs of...
Global input prices have fallen, yet this is not necessarily being reflected in the prices offered by Irish co-ops, said the ICMSA president.
