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Cereal prices projected to drop by one third in 2023
Anne O'Donoghue
The price of both cereals and milk is expected to drop significantly in 2023, with pig prices up 22%.
5 November 2023 News
CSO predicts 8% drop in output prices
This decrease is mainly due to the drop in milk price of 27.8%, according to CSO data.
3 November 2023 News
Creamery intake down 15.2m litres for September - CSO
Milk intake by Irish processors has experienced a drop of 1.9% compared to the same time last year.
Per-capita meat consumption up almost 1kg in 2022
The latest CSO figures show that although Irish consumers' demand for beef and lamb were back in 2022, overall meat consumption rose on poultry's back.
13 October 2023 News
Prices rise faster as farm incomes fall again
Inflation data worsens, while farm output prices have tumbled, CSO data shows.
12 October 2023 News
Farm output worth €12.9bn in 2022
The CSO has analysed the value of farm output across all counties in 2022.
9 October 2023 News
3% decrease in log supply in 2022
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood purchase volume at 40% in 2022.
4 October 2023 Forestry
August saw 9m fewer litres of milk produced on 2022’s output
Milk deliveries to processors have been back on 2022’s figures for every month since February.
3 October 2023 News
Planning permission figures unaffected by opening of TAMS III
The amount of planning permissions granted for quarter two of 2023 is almost identical to that of the same period last year, despite the opening of TAMS III.
26 September 2023 News
Fertiliser costs down 44% in year to July
The CSO shows that most farm inputs have dropped since July 2022, but so have many farmgate prices.
11 September 2023 News
Marked drop in milk supplies this year
With a bounce in supplies unlikely this autumn, 2023 could be the first year in more than a decade and a half to record a fall in milk volumes.
6 September 2023 News
Milk intake down 0.8% to end of July - CSO
Processors' intake of raw milk fell in two of the EU’s top five milk producers up to July 2023.
5 September 2023 Letters