In the 12 months to August 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index increased by 15.5% while the Agricultural Input Price Index rose by 2.4%.
The Agricultural Output Price Index for August 2025 fell by 0.5% in the month since July 2025. The Input Price Index dropped 0.1% in the month to August.
The most significant Output Price increases in the 12 months to August 2025 were in Cattle (+53.8%), Sheep (+8.8%), and Eggs (+4.2%).
Over the 12 months to August 2025, increases in Input prices were recorded for Fertilisers (+14.4%), Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%), and Electricity (+2.4%) while Motor Fuels fell by 2.7%.
Terms of Trade fell by 0.3% in August 2025 when compared with the previous month and was 12.8% higher when compared with August 2024.
| Agricultural Price Indices - August 2025 | |||
| Output | Input | Terms of Trade | |
| Base year 2020=100 | |||
| August 2024 | 143.4 | 124.5 | 115.2 |
| July 2025 | 166.5 | 127.7 | 130.4 |
| August 2025 | 165.7 | 127.5 | 130.0 |
| Monthly % Change | -0.5% | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| Annual % Change | 15.5% | 2.4% | 12.8% |
The overall monthly Agricultural Output and Input Price Indices are presented in Figure 1. Table 1 and Table 2 contain detailed indices listed from August 2024 to August 2025.
Figure 2 displays a selection of input price indices from August 2024 to August 2025.
Figure 3 shows the main components of the output price index of agricultural products from August 2024 to August 2025.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 October 2025) published Agricultural Price Indices August 2025.
Commenting on the release, Sam Scriven, Senior Statistician in the Agriculture Division, said: "In August 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index fell by 0.5% compared with the previous month. Over the same period the Agricultural Input Price Index decreased by 0.1%.
Compared with August 2024, the Output Price Index has increased by 15.5% while the Input Price Index has risen by 2.4%.
Compared with a year ago, the most substantial increases within the Output Price Index were seen in Cattle (+53.8%), Sheep (+8.8%), and Eggs (+4.2%), while Pigs (-12.9%) decreased over that period. Within the Input Price Index, Fertilisers (+14.4%), Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%), and Electricity (+2.4%) were higher than in August 2024."