Agricultural output price index up 1.3%

'Farmers caught in classic cost-price squeeze'   

IFA president Tim Cullinan. Picture: Gareth Chaney. 

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show prices paid to farmers increased by 1.8% in February compared with February 2020. 

The biggest changes over the year saw prices for sheep increase by 12.1% while pigs decreased by 21.5%.