Informations Rapides · 28 November 2025 · n° 305

In October 2025, agricultural producer prices rose by 1.6% year on year Indices of agricultural prices - October 2025

In October 2025, agricultural producer prices slowed down year on year (+1.6% after +2.4% in September and +5.1% in August). Over one month, agricultural producer prices without seasonality – excluding fruits and vegetables (including potatoes), cut flowers and potted plants – bounced back (+0.6% after ‑1.2% in September).

Year on year, agricultural input purchase prices were nearly stable (‑0.1% in October after +0.2% in September). They were also nearly stable over one month (‑0.1% after ‑0.2%).

In October 2025, the fall in cereal prices softened over one month (‑2.1% after ‑6.7% in September and ‑0.4% in August). The fall in prices softened for soft wheat (‑2.4% after ‑8.9%) and barley (‑0.9% after ‑6.6%), intensified for durum wheat (‑8.3% after ‑5.7%), and remained unchanged for maize (‑1.4% as in September). Year on year, the drop in cereal prices continued to intensify (‑15.1% after ‑12.3% in September, and ‑5.9% in August).

Oilseed prices fell back over one month in October 2025 (‑1.0% after +0.3% in September, and +2.1% in August). Rapeseed prices fell again (‑2.9% after ‑1.0%) and those of sunflowers slowed down again (+2.3% after +2.6% in September, and +4.4% in August). Year on year, oilseed prices fell back in October (‑6.8% after +1.9% in September, and +1.5% in August).

In October 2025, the fall in fresh vegetable prices intensified very clearly year on year (‑16.9% after ‑8.6% in September, and +5.6% in August). The drop in prices accelerated significantly for zucchinis (‑51.7% after ‑14.6%), chicories (‑38.1% after ‑29.5%), tomatoes (‑24.1% after ‑10.8%), leeks (‑13.0% after ‑5.9%) and more moderately for carrots (‑15.1% after ‑13.4%) and mushrooms (‑5.7% after ‑4.7%). It softened for onions (‑21.0% after ‑30.2%), cucumbers (‑13.5% after ‑28.3%) and cabbages (‑6.7% after ‑16.0%).

The fall in fresh fruit prices intensified year on year in October 2025 (‑5.4% after ‑3.2% in September, and +2.0% in August). The fall in prices intensified for grapes (‑11.3% after ‑8.5%) and apples (‑5.0% after ‑4.0%). Chestnuts prices continued to drop (‑23.7% after ‑25.1%). Prices of nuts were higher by 4.9% than a year ago.

In October 2025, animal prices continued to rise over one month (+2.0% after +1.9% in September, and +1.0% in August). They slowed down for large cattle (+3.9% after +4.2% in September) and calves (+3.2% after +3.8%), and bounced back for poultry (+0.2% after ‑0.3%). The fall in prices softened for pigs (‑2.4% after ‑2.7%) and sheep (‑0.3% after ‑1.4%).

Year on year, animal prices continued to speed up in October 2025 (+19.0% after +16.6% in September, and +14.1% in August). This is notably the case for large cattle (+40.5% after +35.5% and +29.9%) and calves (+19.6% after +15.9% and +12.4%). Prices slowed down again for poultry (+0.8% after +1.3% and +2.2%), and continued to fall for sheep (‑6.9% after ‑5.3% and ‑1.3%) and pigs (‑7.1% after ‑6.5% and ‑6.2%).

In October 2025, milk prices were nearly stable again over one month (+0.1% after ‑0.1% in September, and +0.4% in August). Year on year, milk prices continued to slow down (+4.3% after +5.2% in September, and +5.7% in August).

Egg prices bounced back over one month (+2.2% after ‑8.9% in September, and +0.6% in August), due to supply tension linked to avian influenza and still-strong demand. They remained sharply up year on year (+36.1% after +37.8% in September, and +58.1% in August).

In October 2025, purchase prices of intermediate consumption fell slightly over one month (‑0.2% after ‑0.1% in September). Prices fell for energy (‑0.8% after +2.7% in September, and ‑3.6% in August), animal feed (‑0.9% as in September) and small equipment and tools (‑0.3% as in September). They bounced back for fertilizers and soil improvers (+0.9% after ‑1.0%) and maintenance of machines (+0.5% after ‑0.2%) and sped up for seeds (+0.4% after +0.1%) and veterinary expenses (+0.3% after +0.1%). Prices were nearly stable for “the other goods and services” (+0.1% after ‑0.2%) and plant protection products (‑0.1% as in September), and were stable for maintenance of buildings (as in September). Year on year, purchase prices of intermediate consumption fell (‑0.6% after ‑0.1% in September).

In October 2025, prices of investment goods were stable over one month (after ‑0.4% in September). They sped up year on year (+1.3% after +0.8%).

The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of producer prices for agricultural products in September 2025 has been revised upwards by 0.3 percentage points, to +2.4%, due to prices updates in “other crop products”. The year-on-year percentage change of the global index of the purchase prices of inputs for agricultural production in September 2025 has been revised downwards by 0.1 percentage point, to +0.2%.