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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 »



2016 2018
Milk deliveries in 2017 with breakdown by German Länder ('000 tons)
German Länder Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 ± on 2016 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 244 223 251 244 257 247 246 242 231 237 231 246 2.901 +1,2%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 572 525 589 574 608 586 589 579 550 562 548 580 6.862 +1,4%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 248 230 259 252 263 251 254 251 240 245 239 253 2.986 +0,7%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 150 139 156 153 159 152 155 152 145 148 144 154 1.806 -3,1%
Baden-Württemberg 178 165 187 182 190 182 186 183 175 178 171 181 2.158 -0,9%
Bayern 602 561 635 620 645 621 632 618 590 601 575 608 7.310 -0,9%
Bundesgebiet West 1.994 1.843 2.077 2.025 2.122 2.039 2.063 2.026 1.932 1.972 1.909 2.023 24.024 +0,0%
Berlin / Brandenburg 107 99 111 107 111 107 109 106 101 105 102 108 1.275 -2,6%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 120 110 123 120 126 122 123 121 115 118 114 120 1.432 -4,6%
Sachsen 135 126 142 137 142 137 139 137 132 135 130 137 1.630 -1,2%
Sachsen-Anhalt 90 82 92 89 91 88 89 87 84 86 83 88 1.048 -4,8%
Thüringen 76 70 80 76 79 76 77 76 73 75 73 77 907 -4,3%
Bundesgebiet Ost 529 487 547 530 549 530 537 528 505 518 502 529 6.292 -3,3%
Consegne di latte Biologico 2017 ('000 ton)
"Land" della Germania Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totale 2017 ± su 2016 *
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 1,81 1,65 1,92 1,97 2,35 2,33 2,49 2,51 2,30 2,38 2,38 2,59 26,67 +18,4%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 4,59 4,15 4,72 5,01 5,52 5,29 5,26 5,15 6,72 7,00 6,95 7,69 68,06 +40,8%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 5,79 5,25 6,20 6,42 6,80 6,38 6,13 6,36 6,12 6,48 6,50 7,60 76,03 +18,1%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 5,62 5,22 5,96 6,21 6,95 6,68 6,76 6,65 6,47 6,55 6,46 7,06 76,57 +14,4%
Baden-Württemberg 10,64 10,02 11,45 11,97 13,17 12,64 12,71 12,83 12,50 12,84 11,95 13,06 145,77 +16,1%
Bayern 35,59 33,62 38,60 38,99 42,07 40,01 40,18 39,89 37,98 38,80 38,09 41,89 465,69 +16,7%
Bundesgebiet West 64,03 59,91 68,84 70,57 76,85 73,34 73,52 73,39 72,09 74,05 72,32 79,88 858,80 +18,1%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,28 3,01 3,36 3,26 3,39 3,21 3,34 3,13 2,91 2,96 2,94 3,10 37,89 +7,5%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1,34 1,24 1,65 1,63 1,75 1,69 1,63 1,55 1,50 1,51 1,56 1,70 18,75 +28,4%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 1,13 1,05 1,15 1,36 1,52 1,39 1,59 1,47 1,35 1,46 1,63 1,83 16,94 +48,5%
Thüringen 0,54 0,49 0,54 0,55 0,64 0,58 0,55 0,59 0,56 0,54 0,54 0,58 6,71 +3,7%
Bundesgebiet Ost 6,30 5,78 6,69 6,81 7,29 6,87 7,11 6,75 6,32 6,48 6,67 7,22 80,28 +18,5%
Germany Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 ± on 2016 *
Conventional milk 2.523 2.330 2.624 2.555 2.672 2.569 2.599 2.554 2.437 2.490 2.410 2.552 30.316 -0,7%
change * -4,5% -7,5% -2,8% -3,7% -2,9% -0,9% -0,9% +0,3% +2,6% +4,3% +5,6% +4,2%
Organic milk 70 66 76 77 84 80 81 80 78 81 79 87 939 +18,2%
change * +10,3% +8,3% +14,2% +13,7% +12,9% +16,8% +15,9% +17,2% +22,1% +25,2% +30,9% +31,7%
Extra Germany 55 52 59 58 61 58 58 57 55 56 55 58 682 +4,1%
change * +0,0% -2,2% +2,7% +2,9% +1,1% +3,0% +2,7% +4,7% +8,2% +9,8% +9,8% +8,4%
Total Germany 2017 2.649 2.448 2.759 2.691 2.817 2.707 2.738 2.691 2.570 2.627 2.544 2.697 31.937
% change on 2016 -4,1% -7,0% -2,3% -3,2% -2,4% -0,3% -0,4% +0,8% +3,3% +4,9% +6,3% +5,0% -0,1%
Total Germany 2016 2.762 2.633 2.824 2.779 2.886 2.716 2.749 2.670 2.489 2.504 2.392 2.568 31.973
Last update: 19-03-2026
* % 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: 19-03-2026
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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