What is causing the rise in the price of meat and dairy?

Input costs, production costs, transport costs, then the operators at each step of the process will add a profit margin all adding to the final cost of a product.

For farmers, input costs have risen hugely since 2020, fertilisers, nitrates and feedstuff have jumped hugely since then. Theres also the impact of demand, more people, companies and markets are chasing a still quite restricted output across agricultural and food producers.

Producers are taking advantage and raising prices on that front accordingly too.

seriously? Do you need to ask… consider the massive increase in costs that farmers are faced with, easy to understand

It's not in a single year but the rate of increase in meat has risen more recently as it takes some time for increases to growers and processers to work their way through the system.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-41592004.html#:~:text=Bord%20Bia%20estimated%20the%20UK,€1.3bn%20of%20beef.&text=Much%20of%20the%20rise%20in,last%20three%20months%20of%202024.

Govts need to relax relax restrictions on farmers and allow increased herd sizes, if people want to go vegan or plant based or whatever all we'll and good but we should not be forced in this unhealthy direction. This will only get worse unless we change course

The forces of supply and demand set prices.

Supply is affected by input costs, regulations, and lots of other factors.

The profits go all over the place and not to a specific portion of the process. Energy companies, feed manufacturers, fertilizer manufacturers, fuel suppliers, processing plants, etc.

I heard some of that piece about farming etc too. I think they mentioned the average income/profit for the farmer per year was something tiny like 15k I know there would be outliers making a lot more than the average but it didn't sound like the farmers in general were raking in the profits

Think of the average chicken that cost 6 quid.

Supermarket holds it less than 2 days. And has approx 2 euro per head at an estimation gross profit.

Farmer hold them 6 weeks and has to feed them and unlikely has 1 euro per head.

probably worth a read….

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inflation-Guide-Losers-Mark-Blyth/dp/132410614X

or you could just go see him chat about it….

https://dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873671815

https://dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873671810

https://dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873672250

oh, and also worth a listen….

https://podtail.com/podcast/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/inflation-for-losers-with-mark-blyth/