Overview
- The German Farmers’ Association released its 2025/26 Market Report on January 2, describing current price levels across key commodities as extremely unsatisfactory.
- Wheat is fetching about €180 per tonne, a level the association says forces losses on every tonne sold.
- Pork producer prices are around €1.60 per kilogram, and the association expects many farms to end the business year in the red.
- The wine sector faces its worst crisis in decades, with a high-quality 2025 harvest of roughly 7.3 million hectoliters that is 16% below the ten-year average and bulk prices below production costs.
- Weak domestic demand, higher U.S. tariffs that complicate exports, and dwindling seasonal labor availability are intensifying risks such as vineyard abandonment and farm closures.