The AgInflation Index is generated using data from purchasing co-operative AF Group, based at Honingham Thorpe, outside Norwich, which sources more than £300m of agricultural goods every year on behalf of its members across the country.
The latest analysis shows another "welcome" fall in the overall cost of some - but not all - farming inputs in the year ending September 30.
The average cost reduction was -2.59pc, driven by falling prices in five of AF's nine product categories - with fuel and electricity, crop........