Latest agricultural price indices
The Agricultural Price Index (API) is a set of indices of the prices paid and received by UK farmers for agricultural goods and services.
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The Agricultural Price Index (API) is a monthly publication that measures the price changes in agricultural outputs and inputs for the UK. The output series reflects the price farmers receive for their products (referred to as the farm-gate price). Information is collected for all major crops (for example wheat and potatoes) and on livestock and livestock products (for example sheep, milk and eggs). The input series reflects the price farmers pay for goods and services. This is split into two groups: goods and services currently consumed; and goods and services contributing to investment. Goods and services currently consumed refer to items that are used up in the production process, for example fertiliser, or seed. Goods and services contributing to investment relate to items that are required but not consumed in the production process, such as tractors or buildings.
A price index is a way of measuring relative price changes compared to a reference point or base year which is given a value of 100. The year used as the base year needs to be updated over time to reflect changing market trends. The latest data are presented with a base year of 2020 = 100. To maintain continuity with the current API time series, the UK continues to use standardised methodology adopted across the EU. Details of this internationally recognised methodology are described in the Handbook for EU agricultural price statistics.
Please note: The historical time series with base years 2000 = 100, 2005 = 100, 2010 = 100 and 2015 = 100 are not updated monthly and presented for archive purposes only. Each file gives the date the series was last updated.
For those commodities where farm-gate prices are currently unavailable we use the best proxy data that are available (for example wholesale prices). Similarly, calculations are based on UK prices where possible but sometimes we cannot obtain these. In such cases prices for Great Britain, England and Wales or England are used instead.
Next update: see the statistics release calendar.
Defra statistics: prices
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Updates to this page
Published 13 June 2013Last updated 19 December 2024 + show all updates
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Update to October report
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Update to Septembers data.
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Update to August data.
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Update to latest month.
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Updated with June 2024 data
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Update for February 2024 (HTML /Charts and first ods and csv datasets).
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To update the API data sets with price indices for November 2023.
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To update the API data sets with price indices for August 2023.
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Agricultural price indices – United Kingdom: June 2023.
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To update the API data sets with price indices for May 2022.
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To update the API data sets with price indices for August 2021.
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Agricultural Price Index (2015 = 100) time series ODS updated to most recent dataset.
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To update the API stats notice and data sets with price indices for January 2021.
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Added delayed publication note to landing page.
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Updated the Agricultural Price Index with data for December 2020.
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Edited all datasets to include prices up to September 2020.
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Updated statistical notice and datasets to include agricultural price indices for August 2020.
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Edited statistical notice and datasets - to include July 2020 figures. Added csv format file.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, September 2019 figures.
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replaced dataset (2015=100 series) - includes data to July 2019.
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Added latest statistical notice and dataset, June 2019 figures.
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Agricultural price indices: November 2015 published.
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Agricultural price indices: October 2015 published.
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Agricultural price indices: September 2015 published.
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Agricultural price indices: August 2015 published
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Agricultural price indices: July 2015 published.
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Updated api indices.
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Updated monthly data set to correct a minor error.
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