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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                   719 -3,8%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 595 545 617                   1.758 -3,3%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 263 243 275                   781 -4,4%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 138 128 145                   411 -6,2%
Baden-Württemberg 175 164 186                   525 -2,6%
Bayern 584 543 615                   1.741 -3,3%
Bundesgebiet West 2.001 1.846 2.087                   5.935 -3,7%
Berlin / Brandenburg 92 86 96                   274 -2,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 115 106 124                   346 -2,0%
Sachsen 131 121 136                   388 -2,2%
Sachsen-Anhalt 75 69 76                   220 -4,9%
Thüringen 63 58 65                   186 -5,3%
Bundesgebiet Ost 477 439 499                   1.414 -3,0%
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                   13,13 -2,1%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 11,17 10,01 11,14                   32,32 +1,7%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,48 6,81 7,74                   22,03 -9,5%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 7,72 7,11 8,07                   22,90 -6,8%
Baden-Württemberg 16,48 15,22 17,18                   48,87 +2,0%
Bayern 57,72 53,88 60,81                   172,41 -1,1%
Bundesgebiet West 105,06 97,10 109,50                   311,66 -1,5%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,14 2,89 3,25                   9,28 -7,4%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2,04 1,82 2,09                   5,95 -10,6%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 5,95 5,42 6,11                   17,48 -0,1%
Thüringen 0,80 0,73 0,76                   2,28 -10,2%
Bundesgebiet Ost 11,93 10,85 12,20                   34,98 -4,7%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2025 ± on 2024 *
Conventional milk 2.478 2.285 2.586 7.349 -3,5%
change * -2,1% -6,5% -2,2%
Organic milk 117 108 122 347 -1,8%
change * +0,6% -4,7% -1,4%
Extra Germany 70 63 71 204 -7,1%
change * -2,8% -8,6% -9,7%
Total Germany 2025 2.664 2.456 2.779 7.899
% change on 2024 -2,0% -6,5% -2,4% -3,6%
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: 17-05-2025
* % 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: 17-05-2025
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2021 		Nov
2021 		May
2022 		Nov
2022 		May
2023 		Nov
2023 		May
2024 		Nov
2024 		± on
2023
Baden-Württemberg 319.540 315.337 314.473 314.796 310.855 309.148 305.836 303.691 -1,8%
Bayern 1.102.479 1.086.209 1.082.827 1.078.276 1.070.895 1.056.855 1.050.809 1.036.086 -2,0%
Berlin 112 108 115 111 106 102 97 104 +2,0%
Brandenburg 134.545 132.351 131.182 128.947 126.696 123.621 121.667 118.190 -4,4%
Bremen 3.306 3.147 3.074 3.162 3.171 3.023 2.991 2.911 -3,7%
Hamburg 1.152 1.136 1.120 1.184 1.173 1.029 952 948 -7,9%
Hessen 127.481 124.857 124.436 122.606 122.023 119.579 117.760 114.050 -4,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 156.850 153.153 152.361 151.354 150.649 149.230 147.380 144.122 -3,4%
Niedersachsen 809.498 798.278 801.349 804.170 799.337 783.835 776.508 752.508 -4,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 387.862 384.215 381.574 383.400 378.939 375.141 368.240 359.303 -4,2%
Rheinland-Pfalz 100.023 98.537 97.389 97.178 95.868 94.264 92.191 89.236 -5,3%
Saarland 12.499 12.500 12.415 12.363 12.189 11.921 11.368 11.218 -5,9%
Sachsen 174.491 171.898 170.055 169.138 167.979 164.343 162.607 160.008 -2,6%
Sachsen-Anhalt 106.476 103.628 102.225 101.164 101.137 97.692 95.561 93.221 -4,6%
Schleswig-Holstein 364.856 360.245 357.034 357.574 350.685 341.631 333.184 324.797 -4,9%
Thüringen 90.339 87.117 85.692 84.294 83.489 81.401 81.139 79.038 -2,9%
Total Germany 3.891.509 3.832.716 3.817.321 3.809.717 3.775.191 3.712.815 3.668.290 3.589.431 -3,3%
Former Federal territory 3.228.808 3.184.569 3.175.806 3.174.820 3.145.241 3.096.528 3.059.936 2.994.852 -3,3%
New Federal states 662.701 648.147 641.515 634.897 629.950 616.287 608.354 594.579 -3,5%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 31-12-2024
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt

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