Overview
- Church services and farmers’ markets across Germany on Sunday, October 5, honored producers and showcased regional harvests.
- Bavaria reported about 6.4 million tonnes of grain, up 17.7% year over year, and roughly 1.8 million tonnes of potatoes, enough to supply 135 kilograms per resident.
- Thuringia tallied above‑average yields and its agriculture minister pushed a tax‑free risk‑equalisation reserve for farms, after ministers urged Berlin to create the legal framework.
- Church leaders urged less food waste and greater appreciation for producers, with Hamburg’s St. Michaelis also selling honey from its three beehives after a roughly 60‑kilogram harvest.
- Crop‑specific strains persisted and events saw local weather impacts, with hop growers expecting slightly below‑average output, wine producers citing higher costs, and storm Detlef delaying parts of Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern’s program as low market prices continued to squeeze farms.