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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 »



2024
Milk deliveries in 2025 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2025 ± on 2024 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 245 223 250 250                 969 -3,1%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 595 545 617 610                 2.367 -2,6%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 263 243 275 269                 1.050 -3,8%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 138 128 145 141                 552 -5,7%
Baden-Württemberg 175 164 186 184                 709 -1,9%
Bayern 584 543 615 607                 2.348 -2,8%
Bundesgebiet West 2.001 1.846 2.087 2.061                 7.995 -3,0%
Berlin / Brandenburg 92 86 97 95                 370 -2,0%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 115 106 124 124                 470 -0,4%
Sachsen 131 121 136 134                 522 -1,7%
Sachsen-Anhalt 75 69 78 77                 298 -3,8%
Thüringen 63 58 65 64                 251 -4,8%
Bundesgebiet Ost 477 439 501 494                 1.911 -2,2%
Consegne di latte Biologico 2025 ('000 ton)
"Land" della Germania Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totale 2025 ± su 2024 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 4,49 4,07 4,57 4,66                 17,79 -1,3%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 11,17 10,01 11,14 11,53                 43,85 +1,8%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,48 6,81 7,74 7,65                 29,68 -9,2%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 7,72 7,11 8,07 8,22                 31,12 -5,9%
Baden-Württemberg 16,48 15,22 17,18 17,53                 66,41 +2,3%
Bayern 57,72 53,88 60,81 61,32                 233,73 -0,9%
Bundesgebiet West 105,06 97,10 109,50 110,91                 422,58 -1,2%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,14 2,89 3,25 3,22                 12,49 -6,4%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2,04 1,82 2,09 2,02                 7,96 -10,7%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 5,95 5,42 6,11 6,11                 23,58 +0,8%
Thüringen 0,80 0,73 0,76 0,72                 3,00 -11,2%
Bundesgebiet Ost 11,93 10,85 12,20 12,06                 47,04 -4,1%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2025 ± on 2024 *
Conventional milk 2.478 2.285 2.588 2.555 9.906 -2,9%
change * -2,1% -6,5% -2,1% -0,9%
Organic milk 117 108 122 123 470 -1,5%
change * +0,6% -4,7% -1,4% -0,6%
Extra Germany 70 63 71 71 275 -7,4%
change * -2,8% -8,6% -9,7% -8,2%
Total Germany 2025 2.664 2.456 2.781 2.749 10.650
% change on 2024 -2,0% -6,5% -2,3% -1,1% -2,9%
Total Germany 2024 2.718 2.627 2.846 2.780 2.898 2.762 2.773 2.668 2.513 2.549 2.457 2.605 32.197
Last update: 10-07-2025
* % 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
2022
Nov
2022
May
2023
Nov
2023
May
2024
Nov
2024
± on
2024
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 7,42 6,59 7,57 6,87 8,02 7,07 +3,0%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 7,89 7,08 8,10 7,18 8,40 7,36 +2,4%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,77 7,00 7,91 6,91 7,99 7,00 +1,2%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 6,81 6,19 7,11 6,25 7,32 6,26 +0,1%
Baden-Württemberg 6,37 5,68 6,60 5,72 6,86 5,81 +1,6%
Bayern 6,18 5,51 6,46 5,63 6,70 5,67 +0,7%
Berlin / Brandenburg 7,85 7,09 8,14 7,21 8,47 7,52 +4,3%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 7,95 7,24 8,28 7,41 8,57 7,61 +2,7%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 8,20 7,63 8,47 7,64 8,77 7,84 +2,7%
Thüringen 8,05 7,46 8,33 7,51 8,56 7,46 -0,7%
Total Germany 7,19 6,47 7,42 6,55 7,68 6,66 +1,7%
Former Federal territory 7,94 7,12 8,19 7,21 8,45 7,30 +1,3%
New Federal states 11,46 10,58 11,88 10,64 12,26 10,92 +2,6%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 10-07-2025
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2022
Nov
2022
May
2023
Nov
2023
May
2024
Nov
2024
May
2025
± on
2024
Baden-Württemberg 314.473 314.796 310.855 309.148 305.836 303.691 300.715 -1,0%
Bayern 1.082.827 1.078.276 1.070.895 1.056.855 1.050.809 1.036.086 1.034.174 -0,2%
Berlin 115 111 106 102 97 104 95 -8,7%
Brandenburg 131.182 128.947 126.696 123.621 121.667 118.190 117.924 -0,2%
Bremen 3.074 3.162 3.171 3.023 2.991 2.911 2.948 +1,3%
Hamburg 1.120 1.184 1.173 1.029 952 948 941 -0,7%
Hessen 124.436 122.606 122.023 119.579 117.760 114.050 113.176 -0,8%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 152.361 151.354 150.649 149.230 147.380 144.122 145.577 +1,0%
Niedersachsen 801.349 804.170 799.337 783.835 776.508 752.508 749.974 -0,3%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 381.574 383.400 378.939 375.141 368.240 359.303 361.584 +0,6%
Rheinland-Pfalz 97.389 97.178 95.868 94.264 92.191 89.236 88.461 -0,9%
Saarland 12.415 12.363 12.189 11.921 11.368 11.218 11.108 -1,0%
Sachsen 170.055 169.138 167.979 164.343 162.607 160.008 158.952 -0,7%
Sachsen-Anhalt 102.225 101.164 101.137 97.692 95.561 93.221 93.448 +0,2%
Schleswig-Holstein 357.034 357.574 350.685 341.631 333.184 324.797 320.414 -1,3%
Thüringen 85.692 84.294 83.489 81.401 81.139 79.038 78.914 -0,2%
Total Germany 3.817.321 3.809.717 3.775.191 3.712.815 3.668.290 3.589.431 3.578.405 -2,5%
Former Federal territory 3.175.806 3.174.820 3.145.241 3.096.528 3.059.936 2.994.852 2.983.590 -2,5%
New Federal states 641.515 634.897 629.950 616.287 608.354 594.579 594.815 -2,2%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 03-07-2025
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt
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