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Price increases needed to cover vegetable costs – Teagasc
James Hanly
Teagasc released its 2025 Horticulture Crop Input Price report which showed since 2021, combined horticultural inputs have risen by on average 51%.
26 March 2025 News
Up to 14.8% inflation on horticulture input prices
The Horticulture Crop Input Prices 2025 report was published on Wednesday which showed that the ‘trend of significant input price inflation’ in the sector since 2021, has continued for 2025.
14 March 2025 News
Agricultural prices up 20% for January 2025
Output prices were up by over 20%, while input prices dropped by 3.7% in the 12-month period between January 2024 and January 2025.
Large reductions in fertiliser and electricity costs
The data comes from the CSO’s Agricultural Price Indices for 2024, which show that the annual input prices for agriculture dropped by 10% compared to 2023, excluding VAT.
23 February 2025 News
Tirlán makes changes to its bonus system for suppliers
Tirlán have moved away from the system that made a trading loyalty bonus payment on milk, something I neglected to mention last week.
22 January 2025 Dealer
Editorial: Dairygold price row
Linking a contractual milk supply arrangement and subsequently tying in a trading requirement with an annual milk price top-up makes for lazy management.
15 January 2025 Viewpoints
Agriculture output price index up almost 20% in 12 months to September - CSO
Over the same period, the agricultural input price index dropped by 7.4%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
14 November 2024 News
Almost one in five machinery dealers see increase in business in 2024 – Genfitt
Eighteen per cent of Irish agri-trading businesses see an increase in business performance in 2024, according to the annual Genfitt Knowledge Report compiled from industry stakeholders.
23 October 2024 News
Price Check: farm building costs and the rise and fall
Martin Merrick gives a run down on current prices of some common farm building materials and the outlook for prices going forward.
23 October 2024 Buildings