Agricultural Payment Practices Show Slight Improvement: Average Score Rises From 64.4 to 66.0

The Comparison

• 2023: Analysing 79 agricultural companies, payment practices averaged a score of 64.4 out of 100.
• 2024: The analysis expanded to include 84 agricultural companies, revealing an average payment score of 66.0 out of 100.

What This Means

While the increase of 1.6 points indicates a positive trend, it reflects only a marginal shift in overall payment behaviour within the agricultural sector. The expansion of the sample size in 2024 provides a slightly broader view of the industry, suggesting consistent – albeit modest – progress in adhering to timely payment schedules; companies struggling with late payments should utilize a late payment calculator to assess the financial implications.

One-line summary: Payment practices in agriculture improved marginally, with the average score increasing from 64.4 (79 companies) in 2023 to 66.0 (84 companies) in 2024.