Prices, Price Indices

The basket of goods for producer price statistics in agriculture and forestry currently includes around 216 products from the animal, crop and forestry sectors. The prices are weighted according to Laender (federal provinces) prices without VAT, which are aggregated to give a federal average price. The price data are collected in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Agrarmarkt Austria and the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture.

The producer prices 2010 showed in the whole a satisfactory development.

For pigs of carcass quality S - P at €1.38/kg a little price decrease of -0.7% over the previous year was recorded, also piglets achieved a negative result with €1.96/kg (-7.5%).But prices for slaughtered cattle rose; for young bulls of quality E - P €3.16/kg (+1.3%) was paid, and €2.08/kg +3.0%) for cows E – P.

Producer prices for poultry developed differently; while the price for boiler chickens for fattening (live weight) stagnated by €91.60/100 kg at 0.0%), registered turkey (live weight) faced a minus of 2.9% on €114.78/100 kg. Dairy farmers received €31.80 for 100 kg of cow’s milk (+9.1% in relation to the previous year).

A positive trend was seen in cereals: €184.06/t +103.2%) was paid for soft wheat, €186.49/t +130.5%) for milling rye and €146.97/t (+108.5%) for quality oats.

Also with sugar beets a price increase was observed: +2.6% to €27.02/t in this year.

Reasonable prices could be reached for a number of products in the vegetable sector. The price of chinese cabbage increased by +14.0% to €25.47/100 kg, that of green beans by +33.4% to €117.48/100 kg. In 2010 the price for onions (increased sharply by +165.2% to €31.15/100 kg. Some products such as red beets €26.17/100 kg (-3.8%) and radicchio €80.64/100 kg (-17.7%) could not follow this trend.

In Austrian fruit production the apple takes the greatest importance. The producer prices (annual average) for apples (class I) amounted to €33.57/100 kg which corresponds to a minus of 6.7% in relation to the previous year. Considering strawberries and sour cherries the rather high price level of the year 2009 could not be held: Thus, €230.55/100 kg for strawberries (-12.5%) and €200.69/100 kg (-23.7%) for sour cherries. With €94.10/100 kg (+36.8%) plums and with €73.60/100 kg (+16.3%) dessert pears (class I) could obtain a rather good price.

Producer prices for saw timber (spruce/pine, class B, media 2b) increased (+16.0%) to €83.69 per cubic metre. And for firewood prices (hardwood) an increase of 2.5% to €55.60 per cubic metre was achieved.

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