In the 12 months to September 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index increased by 7.8% while the Agricultural Input Price Index rose by 2.9%.
The Agricultural Output Price Index for September 2025 fell by 3.4% in the month since August 2025. The Input Price Index dropped 0.3% in the month to September.
The most significant Output Price increases in the 12 months to September 2025 were in Cattle (+47.3%), Sheep (+6.4%), and Poultry (+5.0%).
Over the 12 months to September 2025, increases in Input prices were recorded for Fertilisers (+14.8%), Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%), and Electricity (+2.4%).
Terms of Trade fell by 3.1% in September 2025 when compared with the previous month and was 4.8% higher when compared with September 2024.
| Agricultural Price Indices - September 2025 | |||
| Output | Input | Terms of Trade | |
| Base year 2020=100 | |||
| September 2024 | 148.5 | 123.5 | 120.3 |
| August 2025 | 165.7 | 127.5 | 130.0 |
| September 2025 | 160.1 | 127.0 | 126.0 |
| Monthly % Change | -3.4% | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| Annual % Change | 7.8% | 2.9% | 4.8% |
The overall monthly Agricultural Output and Input Price Indices are presented in Figure 1. Table 1 and Table 2 contain detailed indices listed from September 2024 to September 2025.
Figure 2 displays a selection of input price indices from September 2024 to September 2025.
Figure 3 shows the main components of the output price index of agricultural products from September 2024 to September 2025.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (14 November 2025) published Agricultural Price Indices September 2025.
Commenting on the release, Sam Scriven, Senior Statistician in the Agriculture Division, said: "In September 2025, the Agricultural Output Price Index fell by 3.4% compared with the previous month, driven by falls in the price of Milk (-5.6%) and Cattle (-3.7%) compared with August 2025. Over the same period the Agricultural Input Price Index decreased by 0.3%.
Compared with September 2024, the Output Price Index has increased by 7.8% while the Input Price Index has risen by 2.9%.
Compared with the same month in 2024, the most substantial increases within the Output Price Index were seen in Cattle (+47.3%), Sheep (+6.4%), and Poultry (+5.0%), while Pigs (-11.9%) and Milk (-11.6%) decreased over that period. Within the Input Price Index, Fertilisers (+14.8%), Veterinary Expenses (+4.7%), and Electricity (+2.4%) were higher than in September 2024."