Ireland recorded the sharpest rate of increase in agricultural produce prices in the EU in the first quarter of this year, the bloc’s statistical agency Eurostat has said.
Irish agricultural prices were up an eye-watering 19.3% compared with the same period of 2024.
The average increase across the EU was just 2.6%.
With prices in Irish supermarkets for beef, milk and butter all rising fast – 2 litres of milk, for example, was up 27c in a year in May – it’s another example of the pressure on
Irish consumers.
Tadhg Buckley, chief economist at the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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