Overview
- A market report from the German Farmers' Association projects roughly 8% growth in 2025, pushing organic sales clearly beyond €18 billion.
- Retailers’ private-label ranges led demand as supermarkets, drugstores and a recovering natural-food trade captured growth.
- Organically farmed land reached 11.5% of agricultural area and the number of organic farms fell 2.2% to 35,881, highlighting weak conversion and the distance from the 30% by 2030 target.
- Industry groups caution that supply is trailing demand, increasing the likelihood that retailers will rely more on imports.
- Milk volumes ended the year about 1% higher even as producer prices fell after August and supermarket butter prices saw a sharp drop, while egg consumption hit a record with self-sufficiency at 72% and most imports coming from the Netherlands.