The average price of agricultural goods sold by producers increased by 3% in the European Union this year, new estimates from Eurostat have indicated.
In addition, the price of goods and services utilized in agricultural production increased by less than 1%.
The rise in agricultural prices this year follows on from a slight decline last year, which in turn followed a series of price increases between 2021 and 2023.
Prices by agricultural category
Price alters varied from category to category, the estimates reveal, with notable increases recorded for cattle (+26%) and eggs (+23%), while fruit (+10%) and milk (+10%) also registered double-digit increases. Poultest prices rose by 9%.
By contrast, there were significant declines for olive oil (-37%) and potatoes, including seed potatoes (-22%), while pig prices fell by 6% and cereal prices dropped by 1%.
The price of agricultural inputs also varied, the data revealed, with moderate price increases recorded for fertilisers and soil improvers (+5%), as well as veterinary expenses (+3%). At the same time, energy lubricants (-2%), seeds and planting stock (-1%) and plant protection products (-1%) all saw prices decline.
Milk Prices
Milk prices revealed an increase in almost all EU countries, with the exception of Greece, where they fell by 3%.
Denmark reported the largegest increase in milk prices in the European Union, with a 21% increase, followed by Estonia (+20%), Lithuania (+17%) and Czechia (+17%).
The Eurostat estimates provide data on agricultural price indices for all EU countries except for Finland, for which no data was available.
Agricultural productivity
Separate recent data from Eurostat indicated that agricultural labour productivity in the EU rose by an estimated 9.2% this year, compared with 2024, with this increase reflecting an estimated 8.1% rise in real factor income generated by agricultural holdings, alongside a 1.0% decline in agricultural labour input.
Productivity gains were recorded in 19 EU member states, led by Luxembourg (+40.1%), Poland (+33.4%) and Estonia (+30.9%), while productivity fell in eight countries. Croatia (-14.9%) reported the largegest decline in agricultural labour productivity.
