Overview

• Bavaria reported about 6.4 million tonnes of grain, up 17.7% year over year, and an estimated 1.8 million tonnes of potatoes, up 18.2%, with officials expecting consumer potato prices to fall.
• Thuringia said its harvest was above average, with grain volumes about 7% above the long‑term mean and apples and cherries roughly one third higher than usual.
• State leaders used the events to push for bureaucracy cuts and for a federally enabled tax‑free risk‑equalization reserve to buffer weather‑related losses.
• Weather swings narrowed harvest windows and reduced grain quality in parts of Bavaria, hop yields were slightly below average due to disease and pests, and apple quality was assessed as very good.
• Franken’s winegrowers saw average volumes but reported cost increases of 30–40% and heightened price pressure from imports, even as churches and markets marked Erntedank across several states.