Overview

• Bavaria reported about 6.4 million tonnes of cereals, up 17.7% year over year, and an estimated 1.8 million tonnes of potatoes, up 18.2%, with officials expecting potato prices to ease due to ample supply.
• Thuringia said harvests were above average—grain roughly 7% over the long-term mean—and its agriculture minister backed a tax-free risk equalisation reserve for farms, a tool the Agrarministerkonferenz has asked Berlin to enable in tax law.
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern celebrated a bountiful season with good quality, yet low market prices are weighing on farm finances across the state’s nearly 5,000 operations.
• Crop specifics underscored mixed conditions: Hallertau hop growers anticipated a slightly below-average yield, while Franconian vintners saw stable volumes but sharply higher costs of 30% to 40%.
• Church leaders used services to press for sharing and less waste, with EKD Bishop Kirsten Fehrs decrying millions of tonnes of discarded food and the Hamburg ‘Michel’ showcasing bread, produce and honey from its own hives.