# Pricing and inputs: December 2024 | AUSVEG

> AUSVEG reports that Australian vegetable growers face rising input costs, including wages up 21.5% since 2020 and renewed energy cost increases after September and October declines. Vegetable retail prices rose 3.5% year-on-year while sales volumes fell.

- Date: 2024-12-12 · published 2024-12-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27261-pricing-and-inputs-december-2024-ausveg
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

The article covers vegetable-sector costs and consumer demand rather than animal-feed commodities, so it has minimal direct effect on feed grain or protein prices. Energy cost rebounds are a minor diesel-linked signal.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2023-08-14 | [US diesel prices surge anticipating a soft landing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34771-us-diesel-prices-surge-anticipating-a-soft-landing.md) | +1.2% | +8.3% |
| DIESEL | 2021-02-01 | [Analysis: Global fuel prices jump as Asia, U.S. to rev up demand in 2Q](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48814-analysis-global-fuel-prices-jump-as-asia-u-s-to-rev-up-demand-in-2q.md) | +7.2% | +13.8% |
| DIESEL | 2016-12-28 | [Diesel prices to start edging up in 2017 - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73665-diesel-prices-to-start-edging-up-in-2017-grainews.md) | -0.9% | -4.2% |
| DIESEL | 2020-12-23 | [Freight boom fuels shipping and oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49840-freight-boom-fuels-shipping-and-oil-prices.md) | +1.5% | +7.6% |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-29 | [Diesel price pressures will linger into 2027, experts warn \| Commercial Carrier Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1462-diesel-price-pressures-will-linger-into-2027-experts-warn-commercial-carrier.md) | -2.4% | — |

## Sources

- ausveg.com.au: https://ausveg.com.au/article/pricing-and-inputs-december-2024/

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