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German "Länder": Monthly Milk Deliveries

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On this page, you will find:
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's milk in the 16 German states (German Länder);
  • a table listing the monthly deliveries of cow's organic milk in the German Länder over a given period;
  • a summary table, which records the sum of conventional, organic and "Extra" Germany (processed in Germany, but coming from other EU Members States) deliveries of cow's milk over a given period;
  • two charts showing the monthly figures of conventional and organic milk deliveries in Germany;
  • a chart showing the share of the milk deliveried in the German Länder.
German Länder deliveries can be viewed from 2016 and changes in Germany's milk deliveries.

Farm-gate milk prices in Germany » Organic milk prices in Germany »



2025
Milk deliveries in 2026 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2026 ± on 2025 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 262 237 270                   768 +6,9%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 639 582 664                   1.884 +7,2%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 281 259 294                   834 +6,7%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 149 138 156                   443 +8,0%
Baden-Württemberg 192 178 201                   571 +8,9%
Bayern 623 579 656                   1.858 +6,7%
Bundesgebiet West 2.145 1.973 2.241                   6.359 +7,2%
Berlin / Brandenburg 98 90 102                   290 +5,7%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 125 113 130                   368 +6,3%
Sachsen 135 124 140                   399 +2,8%
Sachsen-Anhalt 78 71 81                   230 +4,0%
Thüringen 65 60 68                   193 +3,7%
Bundesgebiet Ost 500 459 521                   1.481 +4,5%
Consegne di latte Biologico 2026 ('000 ton)
"Land" della Germania Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totale 2026 ± su 2025 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 4,99 4,51 5,23                   14,73 +12,2%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 11,82 10,91 12,85                   35,59 +10,1%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 8,67 7,93 9,07                   25,67 +16,5%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 8,98 8,22 9,34                   26,55 +15,9%
Baden-Württemberg 17,84 16,51 18,82                   53,17 +8,8%
Bayern 60,19 56,55 64,21                   180,95 +5,0%
Bundesgebiet West 112,49 104,65 119,53                   336,67 +8,0%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,25 2,97 3,36                   9,58 +3,3%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2,07 1,82 2,07                   5,96 +0,3%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 6,25 5,84 6,76                   18,85 +7,9%
Thüringen 0,54 0,52 0,56                   1,63 -28,7%
Bundesgebiet Ost 12,11 11,16 12,75                   36,02 +3,0%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2026 ± on 2025 *
Conventional milk 2.646 2.432 2.762 7.840 +6,6%
change * +6,8% +6,4% +6,7%
Organic milk 125 116 132 373 +7,5%
change * +6,5% +7,3% +8,7%
Extra Germany 79 73 84 236 +15,8%
change * +13,5% +16,4% +17,5%
Total Germany 2026 2.849 2.621 2.978 8.448
% change on 2025 +6,9% +6,7% +7,1% +6,9%
Total Germany 2025 2.664 2.456 2.781 2.750 2.851 2.703 2.749 2.724 2.637 2.722 2.647 2.808 32.493
Last update: 05-06-2026
* % change from same period of previous year.
Source: BLE

Rolling year: for each month the chart visualizes the production in that month plus the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a time window of 12 months, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.

MILK PRODUCTION / COW - Quintals
German Länder May
2023 		Nov
2023 		May
2024 		Nov
2024 		May
2025 		Nov
2025 		± on
2025
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 7,57 6,87 8,02 7,07 8,32 7,66 +8,4%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 8,10 7,18 8,40 7,36 8,53 7,96 +8,2%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,91 6,91 7,99 7,00 7,85 7,39 +5,6%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 7,11 6,25 7,32 6,26 7,28 6,78 +8,3%
Baden-Württemberg 6,60 5,72 6,86 5,81 6,98 6,41 +10,4%
Bayern 6,46 5,63 6,70 5,67 6,71 6,07 +7,2%
Berlin / Brandenburg 8,14 7,21 8,47 7,52 8,70 7,96 +6,0%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8,28 7,41 8,57 7,61 9,03 8,18 +7,6%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 8,47 7,64 8,77 7,84 8,85 8,14 +3,7%
Thüringen 8,33 7,51 8,56 7,46 8,52 7,86 +5,3%
Total Germany 7,42 6,55 7,68 6,66 7,76 7,15 +7,4%
Former Federal territory 8,19 7,21 8,45 7,30 8,50 7,87 +7,8%
New Federal states 11,88 10,64 12,26 10,92 12,48 11,45 +4,8%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 05-06-2026
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2022 		Nov
2022 		May
2023 		Nov
2023 		May
2024 		Nov
2024 		May
2025 		Nov
2025 		± on
2024
Baden-Württemberg 314.473 314.796 310.855 309.148 305.836 303.691 300.715 301.138 -0,8%
Bayern 1.082.827 1.078.276 1.070.895 1.056.855 1.050.809 1.036.086 1.034.174 1.030.887 -0,5%
Berlin 115 111 106 102 97 104 95 87 -16,3%
Brandenburg 131.182 128.947 126.696 123.621 121.667 118.190 117.924 118.148 0,0%
Bremen 3.074 3.162 3.171 3.023 2.991 2.911 2.948 3.009 +3,4%
Hamburg 1.120 1.184 1.173 1.029 952 948 941 916 -3,4%
Hessen 124.436 122.606 122.023 119.579 117.760 114.050 113.176 114.021 0,0%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 152.361 151.354 150.649 149.230 147.380 144.122 145.577 145.072 +0,7%
Niedersachsen 801.349 804.170 799.337 783.835 776.508 752.508 749.974 759.037 +0,9%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 381.574 383.400 378.939 375.141 368.240 359.303 361.584 367.046 +2,2%
Rheinland-Pfalz 97.389 97.178 95.868 94.264 92.191 89.236 88.461 89.581 +0,4%
Saarland 12.415 12.363 12.189 11.921 11.368 11.218 11.108 11.249 +0,3%
Sachsen 170.055 169.138 167.979 164.343 162.607 160.008 158.952 159.285 -0,5%
Sachsen-Anhalt 102.225 101.164 101.137 97.692 95.561 93.221 93.448 94.458 +1,3%
Schleswig-Holstein 357.034 357.574 350.685 341.631 333.184 324.797 320.414 324.282 -0,2%
Thüringen 85.692 84.294 83.489 81.401 81.139 79.038 78.914 78.417 -0,8%
Total Germany 3.817.321 3.809.717 3.775.191 3.712.815 3.668.290 3.589.431 3.578.405 3.596.633 +0,2%
Former Federal territory 3.175.806 3.174.820 3.145.241 3.096.528 3.059.936 2.994.852 2.983.590 3.001.253 +0,2%
New Federal states 641.515 634.897 629.950 616.287 608.354 594.579 594.815 595.380 +0,1%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 10-03-2026
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt
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