In the 12 months to October 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index increased by 4.3% while the Agricultural Input Price Index rose by 3.3%.
The Agricultural Output Price Index for October 2025 fell by 2.5% in the month since September 2025. The Input Price Index showed no change in the month to October 2025.
The most significant Output Price changes in the 12 months to October 2025 were in Cattle (+47.3%) and Milk (-20%).
Over the 12 months to October 2025, increases in Input Prices were recorded for Fertilisers (+14.9%), Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%), and Electricity (+3.7%).
Terms of Trade fell by 2.4% in October 2025 when compared with the previous month and was 0.9% higher when compared with October 2024.
| Agricultural Price Indices - October 2025 | |||
| Output | Input | Terms of Trade | |
| Base year 2020=100 | |||
| October 2024 | 149.7 | 122.9 | 121.8 |
| September 2025 | 160.1 | 127.0 | 126.0 |
| October 2025 | 156.1 | 127.0 | 122.9 |
| Monthly % Change | -2.5% | 0.0% | -2.4% |
| Annual % Change | 4.3% | 3.3% | 0.9% |
The overall monthly Agricultural Output and Input Price Indices are presented in Figure 1. Table 1 and Table 2 contain detailed indices listed from October 2024 to October 2025.
Figure 2 displays a selection of input price indices from October 2024 to October 2025.
Figure 3 shows the main components of the output price index of agricultural products from October 2024 to October 2025.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (12 December 2025) published Agricultural Price Indices October 2025.
Commenting on the release, Sam Scriven, Senior Statistician in the Agriculture Division, said: "In October 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index fell by 2.5% compared with the previous month, driven by a fall in the price of Milk (-7.3%) compared with September 2025. Over the same period the Agricultural Input Price Index remained unchanged.
Compared with October 2024, the Output Price Index increased by 4.3% while the Input Price Index rose by 3.3%.
The most significant changes in the output prices in the 12 months to October 2025 were in Cattle (+47.3%) and Milk (-20%). The largest change in input prices when compared with October 2024 was in Fertilisers (+14.9%)."