Informations Rapides · 28 February 2025 · n° 59

In January 2025, agricultural producer prices rose by 2.3% year on year Indices of agricultural prices - January 2025

In January 2025, agricultural producer prices sped up year on year (+2.3% after +1.9% in December). Over one month, agricultural producer prices without seasonality – excluding fruits and vegetables (including potatoes), cut flowers and potted plants – were nearly stable (+0.1% after +0.6% in December, and 1.7% in November).

Agricultural input purchase prices fell year on year for the twenty-first consecutive month (‑0.8% in January, after ‑2.1% in December). They sped up over one month (+1.0% after +0.2%).

In January 2025, cereal prices fell back slightly over one month (‑0.3% after +4.3% in December, and ‑2.9% in November). Prices slowed down for barley (+0.6% after +4.3%) and maize (+1.1% after +1.9%). They fell back for soft wheat (‑1.0% after +5.6%) and were nearly stable for durum wheat (‑0.1% after ‑0.5%). Year on year, cereal prices sped up (+4.9% after +0.5% in December, and ‑3.7% in November).

Oilseed prices bounced back slightly over one month in January 2025 (+0.2% after ‑0.9% in December, and +3.9% in November). They sped up for rapeseed (+0.4% after +0.2%). The fall in sunflower prices softened (‑0.8% after ‑2.8%). Year on year, oilseed prices sped up (+22.1% after +19.7% in December, and +18.0% in November).

In January 2025, the fall in fresh vegetable prices continued year on year (‑9.9% after ‑10.0% in December. The fall in prices intensified for chicories (‑30.8% after ‑19.8%), carrots (‑21.4% after ‑16.3%), coloured onions (‑20.8% after ‑17.6%) and leeks (‑17.3% after ‑10.0%), while it softened for cabbages (‑17.6% after ‑44.0%) and mushrooms (‑3.9% after ‑6.1%). Prices fell back for parsley (‑5.7% after +7.5%). Conversely, they bounced back for tomatoes (+16.7% after ‑20.3%) and salads (+2.6% after ‑7.0%). Prices softened for radishes (+14.3% after +28.5%) and red beetroots (+5.5% after +9.5%), and sped up for shallots (+55.0% after +20.3%).

In January 2025, fresh fruit prices sped up year on year (+1.7% after +0.6% in December). They continued to rise firmly for nuts (+31.5% after +29.8%) and kiwis (+7.3% after +8.7%), and fell again for pears (‑0.9% after ‑1.4%) and apples (‑2.6% after ‑2.9%).

In January 2025, animal prices continued to slow down over one month (+0.7% after +1.7% in December, and +2.7% in November). They slowed down for large cattle (+1.2% after +2.5%), poultry (+0.3% after +1.1%) and sheep (+1.6% after +2.2%), and fell back for pigs (‑0.5% after +0.9% in December). Prices of calves sped up (+1.5% after +0.1%), reaching record levels due to imbalance between demand and supply.

Year on year, animal prices slowed down in January 2025 (+3.9% after +4.7% in December). Their rise continued for large cattle (+9.0% after +8.9%), sheep (+18.1% after +19.0%) and calves (+7.3% after +7.7%). The fall in prices intensified for poultry (‑5.4% after ‑2.8% in December) and pigs (‑3.4% after ‑2.6%).

In January 2025, milk prices slowed down again over one month (+0.2% after +0.7% in December and +2.5% in November): those of cow milk slowed down (+0.1% after +0.6%) and those of goat milk fell back (‑1.3% after +0.9%). Year on year, milk prices continued to speed up (+7.1% after +5.9% in December, and +5.0% in November).

Egg prices were nearly stable over one month (+0.1% in January 2025 after +1.9% in December, and +9.7% in November). They fell back year on year (‑2.7% after +1.1%, and +2.7%).

In January 2025, purchase prices of intermediate consumption bounced back over one month (+1.1% after ‑0.1% in December). Prices sped up for energy (+4.1% after +0.9%), fertilizers and soil improvers (+2.7% after +0.1%), veterinary expenses (+0.9% after a stability in December), and for the maintenance of materials (+0.8% after +0.2%). The fall in prices softened for plant protection products (‑0.2% after ‑2.8%), for the small equipment and tools (‑0.2% after ‑0.8%), and for seeds (‑0.1% after ‑0.3%). They were stable for animal feed (after +0.2%), the maintenance of buildings (after +0.2%), and the “other goods and services” (after +0.1%). Year on year, purchase prices of intermediate consumption dropped for the twenty-second consecutive month (‑1.3% in January, after ‑2.6% in December).

In January 2025, the prices of investment goods slowed down slightly over one month (+0.6% after +0.8% in December) and bounced back year on year (+0.8% after ‑1.0%).

The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of producer prices for agricultural products in December 2024 has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to +1.9%, due notably to revisions on linen and potato prices. The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of the purchase prices of inputs for agricultural production in December 2024 has been revised upwards by 0.3 percentage points to ‑2.1%.