Agri-Business
The agricultural price output index is projected to have increased by 15% in 2025 when compared with 2024, CSO figures show.
The agricultural output price index increased by 18.9% in the 12 months to June 2025, new figures...
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
The value of agricultural output is expected to rise by €430 million to €11.7 billion this year, according to the CSO advance estimate 2024.
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.
The agricultural operating surplus has declined by 36%, or €1.7 billion, to €3.0 billion last year, according to latest CSO figures.
Preliminary estimates for agricultural input prices show that fertiliser prices are set to fall by 30.4% this year, according to the CSO.
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.
Other
Input costs are "outstripping" the increase in food prices and have left farmers financially worse off this according to a farm organisation.
