Informations Rapides · 27 June 2025 · n° 170

In May 2025, agricultural producer prices fell back by 0.5% year on year Indices of agricultural prices - May 2025

In May 2025, agricultural producer prices fell back year on year (‑0.5% after +3.7% in April). Over one month, agricultural producer prices without seasonality – excluding fruits and vegetables (including potatoes), cut flowers and potted plants – fell back too (‑0.9% after +0.7% in April).

Agricultural input purchase prices went down year on year for the twenty-fifth consecutive month (‑1.4% in May after ‑1.7% in April). They fell over one month (‑0.5% as in April).

In May 2025, the fall in cereal prices intensified again over one month (‑6.4% after ‑3.5% in April, and ‑1.4% in March). Maize prices fell back (‑8.1% after +1.0%), and the fall in prices intensified for soft wheat (‑7.8% after ‑4.9%) and durum wheat (‑7.3% after ‑1.8%). Barley prices bounced back slightly (+0.5% after ‑5.1%). Year on year, cereal prices fell back firmly (‑17.1% after +2.8% in April, and +12.4% in March).

Oilseed prices fell back firmly over one month in May 2025 (‑10.6% after +3.9% in April). Rapeseed prices dropped by 10.4% (after +8.8% in April). Year on year, oilseed prices slowed down (+3.1% after +19.8% in April, and +18.6% in March).

In May 2025, fresh vegetable prices fell back clearly year on year (‑11.0% after +1.0% in April). The fall in prices intensified for cabbages (‑62.7% after ‑46.5%), chicories (‑41.5% after ‑32.7%), spinach (‑29.9% after ‑5.7%), radishes (‑15.9% after ‑13.8%) and parsley (‑9.2% after ‑8.9%), and it softened for onions (‑7.1% after ‑21.9%). Carrots prices continued to go down firmly (‑26.4% after ‑28.1%). Prices fell back over a year for leeks (‑19.3% after +35.7%), turnips (‑15.8% after +2.8%), salads (‑15.3% after +18.2%), cucumbers (‑10.8% after +14.9%), asparagus (‑9.5% after +5.9%), artichokes (‑2.8% after +1.7%) and tomatoes (‑1.8% after +12.0%). They continued to rise firmly for shallots (+74.6% after +70.2% in April, and +69.3% in March), and more moderately for beetroots (+5.3% after +5.2%). Mushrooms prices were stable as in April.

Potatoes prices dropped clearly over a year in May 2025 (‑42.0% in seasonally adjusted data, after ‑39.7% in April, and ‑28.4% in March), due to increased productions in France as in Europe.

In May 2025, fresh fruit prices fell back year on year (‑3.5% after +2.7% in April). Prices fell back for strawberries (‑3.9% after +2.8%) and apples (‑3.1% after +0.9%). They were 4.3% below those of last year for cherries, and 17.9% upper for raspberries.

In May 2025, animal prices slowed down over one month (+2.2% after +3.2% in April). They slowed down for large cattle (+3.6% after +4.6%), calves (+0.8% after +2.5%), and fell back for sheep (‑1.5% after +2.1%) and poultry (‑0.4% after +2.2%). Prices of pigs sped up (+2.3% after +0.9%).

Year on year, animal prices sped up in May 2025 (+11.3% after +9.1% in April). They rose firmly again for large cattle (+24.9% after +21.6%), and slowed down for sheep (+9.7% after +13.3%) and calves (+10.5% after +10.9%). These increases resulted on one hand from a shortage in supply, and on the other from sustained demand. Prices of poultry bounced back (+1.7% after ‑0.2%). The fall in prices softened for pigs (‑9.2% after ‑10.8%).

In May 2025, milk prices slowed down over one month (+0.7% after +0.9% in April, and +1.1% in March). Year on year, they continued to rise (+7.0% after +6.9% in April, and +6.7% in March).

Egg prices fell back over one month after eight consecutive months of rise (‑3.2% after +0.3% in April 2025, and +12.8% in March). Year on year, they sped up (+28.5% after +26.3% in April, and +23.3% in March).

In May 2025, purchase prices of intermediate consumption continued to fall over one month (‑0.5% after ‑0.6% in April). The fall in prices softened for energy (‑1.6% after ‑5.1%) and intensified for fertilizers and soil improvers (‑1.4% after ‑0.5%) and animal feed (‑0.4% after ‑0.1%). Prices for seeds fell back (‑0.4% after +0.3%). They slowed down for plant protection products (+0.3% after +0.8%). Year on year, purchase prices of intermediate consumption dropped for the twenty-sixth consecutive month (‑1.6% in May after ‑2.2% in April).

In May 2025, the prices of investment goods fell by 0.2% over one month (after ‑0.2% in April). They went down by 0.6% year on year (after ‑0.3%).

The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of producer prices for agricultural products in April 2025 has been revised upwards by 0.1 percentage points to +3.7%. The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of the purchase prices of inputs for agricultural production in April 2025 has not been revised.