Input prices

Prof Gerry Boyle: long-run trends in farm input and consumer prices

The increases over the full period mask the fluctuations that occurred in the intervening period.

VIEWPOINTS 18 June 2025

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Price increases needed to cover vegetable costs – Teagasc

Price increases needed to cover vegetable costs – Teagasc

NEWS 2 April 2025

Up to 14.8% inflation on horticulture input prices

Up to 14.8% inflation on horticulture input prices

NEWS 26 March 2025

Agricultural prices up 20% for January 2025

Agricultural prices up 20% for January 2025

Agricultural prices up 20% for January 2025

NEWS 14 March 2025

Large reductions in fertiliser and electricity costs

Large reductions in fertiliser and electricity costs

Large reductions in fertiliser and electricity costs

NEWS 23 February 2025

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Tirlán makes changes to its bonus system for suppliers

Tirlán makes changes to its bonus system for suppliers

Tirlán have moved away from the system that made a trading loyalty bonus payment on milk, something I neglected to mention last week.

DEALER 2 October 2024

Editorial: Dairygold price row

Editorial: Dairygold price row

Linking a contractual milk supply arrangement and subsequently tying in a trading requirement with an annual milk price top-up makes for lazy management.

VIEWPOINTS 2 October 2024

Agriculture output price index up almost 20% in 12 months to September - CSO

Agriculture output price index up almost 20% in 12 months to September - CSO

Over the same period, the agricultural input price index dropped by 7.4%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

NEWS 2 October 2024

Almost one in five machinery dealers see increase in business in 2024 – Genfitt

Almost one in five machinery dealers see increase in business in 2024 – Genfitt

Eighteen per cent of Irish agri-trading businesses see an increase in business performance in 2024, according to the annual Genfitt Knowledge Report compiled from industry stakeholders.

NEWS 2 October 2024

Price Check: farm building costs and the rise and fall

Price Check: farm building costs and the rise and fall

Martin Merrick gives a run down on current prices of some common farm building materials and the outlook for prices going forward.

BUILDINGS 2 October 2024

Agricultural output price index up 18% in 12 months to August

Agricultural output price index up 18% in 12 months to August

The output price index for milk rose by 35.5% in the 12 months to August 2024.

NEWS 2 October 2024

Tirlán farmer views: 'I think we're selling the family silvers cheap'

Tirlán farmer views: 'I think we're selling the family silvers cheap'

Rachel Donovan spoke to a number of Tirlán suppliers at the open day in Ballyragget last week, about their thoughts on the spinout of €15m PLC shares and the year as a whole.

NEWS 2 October 2024

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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