Horticulture Crop Input Prices 2026

By Teagasc Horticulture Development Department.

Download Publication (PDF)

The key objective of this report, as with previous reports is to surface up-to-date facts about specific inputs prices in January 2026 compared to January 2025. This is an important exercise, as prices negotiated now for product delivered in 2026 will need to reflect these increases in variable costs along with other considerations producers need to cover production costs. However, given current (at the time of publication) geopolitical uncertainty, we have included commentary on the increasingly volatile prices of key inputs since March 2026, as they are extremely significant for input costs in the 2026 season and include critical inputs such as Energy and Fertiliser.

This report takes account of the most important and the relative importance of inputs to the different sectors of horticulture production arriving at average increases in input prices in each sector
for 2026. The report also comments on the status of each sector and potential impacts of very high input prices for primary producers now and for the rest of 2026 season. This is now the sixth report of this type, first produced in 2021.