Overview

• The DBV projects a 43.5 million tonne grain crop for 2025, up from 39 million in 2024, based on reports from all 18 state farmers' associations.
• Weeks of intense rainfall left ripe grain longer in the field and cut quality in many regions, while drought reduced yields in the northeast.
• The farm trade association warns that more cereal fails to meet bread wheat or brewing barley standards, limiting sales for food and beer production.
• DBV president Joachim Rukwied describes grain market prices as “catastrophic” and says no improvement is yet in sight.
• Industry sources report that Germany’s grain self-sufficiency is declining.