In the 12 months to November 2025, the Agricultural Input Price Index increased by 2.9% while the Agricultural Output Price Index rose slightly by 0.1%.
The Agricultural Output Price Index for November 2025 fell by 2.2% in the month since October 2025, driven by a 6.5% fall in the Milk Price Index. The Input Price Index showed no change in the month to November 2025.
The most significant Output Price changes in the 12 months to November 2025 were in Cattle (+42.1%) and Milk (-26.4%).
Over the 12 months to November 2025, increases in Input Prices were recorded for Fertilisers (+14.3%), Electricity (+5.0%), and Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%).
Terms of Trade fell by 2.3% in November 2025 when compared with the previous month and was 2.7% lower when compared with November 2024.
| Agricultural Price Indices - November 2025 | |||
| Output | Input | Terms of Trade | |
| Base year 2020=100 | |||
| November 2024 | 152.5 | 123.5 | 123.5 |
| October 2025 | 156.2 | 127.0 | 123.0 |
| November 2025 | 152.7 | 127.1 | 120.2 |
| Monthly % Change | -2.2% | 0.0% | -2.3% |
| Annual % Change | 0.1% | 2.9% | -2.7% |
The overall monthly Agricultural Output and Input Price Indices are presented in Figure 1. Table 1 and Table 2 contain detailed indices listed from November 2024 to November 2025.
Figure 2 displays a selection of input price indices from November 2024 to November 2025.
Figure 3 shows the main components of the output price index of agricultural products from November 2024 to November 2025.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 January 2026) published Agricultural Price Indices November 2025.
Commenting on the release, Sam Scriven, Senior Statistician in the Agriculture Division, said: "In November 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index fell by 2.2% compared with the previous month, driven by a fall in the price of Milk (-6.5%). Over the same period the Agricultural Input Price Index remained unchanged.
Compared with November 2024, the Input Price Index increased by 2.9% while the Output Price Index rose marginally by 0.1%.
The most significant changes in the output prices in the 12 months to November 2025 were in Cattle (+42.1%) and Milk (-26.4%). The largest change in input prices when compared with November 2024 was in Fertilisers (+14.3%)."