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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 262 237 270 266 278 266 269           1.847 +6,7%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 639 582 664 649 675 638 650           4.495 +7,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 281 259 294 285 296 276 282           1.973 +6,3%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 149 138 156 153 158 149 151           1.054 +7,9%
Baden-Württemberg 192 178 201 197 205 194 197           1.365 +7,6%
Bayern 623 579 656 642 668 633 645           4.445 +6,2%
Bundesgebiet West 2.145 1.973 2.241 2.191 2.279 2.156 2.194           15.179 +6,8%
Berlin / Brandenburg 98 90 102 101 105 99 101           695 +5,4%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 125 113 130 127 133 126 129           882 +4,1%
Sachsen 135 124 140 137 141 133 136           946 +2,3%
Sachsen-Anhalt 78 71 81 79 83 78 80           550 +3,8%
Thüringen 65 60 68 66 69 65 66           459 +3,0%
Bundesgebiet Ost 500 459 521 510 530 501 511           3.533 +3,7%
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 5,25 5,61 5,15 5,19           35,94 +11,7%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 11,82 10,91 12,85 12,77 13,36 12,68 12,92           87,32 +11,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 8,67 7,93 9,07 9,01 9,32 8,52 8,44           60,97 +16,2%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 8,98 8,22 9,34 9,41 9,92 9,15 9,01           64,03 +14,7%
Baden-Württemberg 17,84 16,51 18,82 18,92 19,88 18,28 17,65           127,91 +7,0%
Bayern 60,19 56,55 64,21 64,22 67,25 61,40 61,19           435,01 +3,9%
Bundesgebiet West 112,49 104,65 119,53 119,58 125,34 115,18 114,40           811,16 +7,1%
Berlin / Brandenburg 3,25 2,97 3,36 3,38 3,63 3,40 3,40           23,38 +6,2%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2,07 1,82 2,07 2,08 2,25 2,07 2,05           14,40 +1,8%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 6,25 5,84 6,76 6,61 6,76 6,39 6,46           45,07 +8,0%
Thüringen 0,54 0,52 0,56 0,57 0,63 0,60 0,59           4,01 -20,7%
Bundesgebiet Ost 12,11 11,16 12,75 12,63 13,27 12,45 12,51           86,87 +4,7%
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 2.701 2.809 2.656 2.705 18.711 +6,2%
change * +6,8% +6,4% +6,7% +5,7% +6,1% +5,7% +5,8%
Organic milk 125 116 132 132 139 128 127 898 +6,9%
change * +6,5% +7,3% +8,7% +7,5% +6,5% +5,7% +5,9%
Extra Germany 79 73 84 80 83 77 76 552 +13,0%
change * +13,5% +16,4% +17,5% +13,5% +12,4% +11,5% +6,7%
Total Germany 2026 2.849 2.621 2.978 2.914 3.030 2.861 2.908 20.161
% change on 2025 +6,9% +6,7% +7,1% +6,0% +6,3% +5,8% +5,8% +6,4%
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: 07-09-2026
* % 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 		May
2026 		± on
2025
Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg 7,57 6,87 8,02 7,07 8,32 7,66 8,78 +5,6%
Niedersachsen / Bremen 8,10 7,18 8,40 7,36 8,53 7,96 9,04 +5,9%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 7,91 6,91 7,99 7,00 7,85 7,39 8,32 +5,9%
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland 7,11 6,25 7,32 6,26 7,28 6,78 7,84 +7,6%
Baden-Württemberg 6,60 5,72 6,86 5,81 6,98 6,41 7,50 +7,6%
Bayern 6,46 5,63 6,70 5,67 6,71 6,07 68,20 +915,9%
Berlin / Brandenburg 8,14 7,21 8,47 7,52 8,70 7,96 9,12 +4,8%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8,28 7,41 8,57 7,61 9,03 8,18 9,36 +3,7%
Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt 8,47 7,64 8,77 7,84 8,85 8,14 9,04 +2,1%
Thüringen 8,33 7,51 8,56 7,46 8,52 7,86 8,81 +3,4%
Total Germany 7,42 6,55 7,68 6,66 7,76 7,15 11,04 +42,3%
Former Federal territory 8,19 7,21 8,45 7,30 8,50 7,87 13,07 +53,7%
New Federal states 11,88 10,64 12,26 10,92 12,48 11,45 12,86 +3,1%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 07-09-2026
Processed by CLAL
Number of Dairy Cows
German Länder May
2023 		Nov
2023 		May
2024 		Nov
2024 		May
2025 		Nov
2025 		May
2026 		± on
2025
Baden-Württemberg 310.855 309.148 305.836 303.691 300.715 301.138 299.246 -0,6%
Bayern 1.070.895 1.056.855 1.050.809 1.036.086 1.034.174 1.030.887 107.763 -89,5%
Berlin 106 102 97 104 95 87 89 +2,3%
Brandenburg 126.696 123.621 121.667 118.190 117.924 118.148 118.712 +0,5%
Bremen 3.171 3.023 2.991 2.911 2.948 3.009 3.001 -0,3%
Hamburg 1.173 1.029 952 948 941 916 922 +0,7%
Hessen 122.023 119.579 117.760 114.050 113.176 114.021 113.642 -0,3%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 150.649 149.230 147.380 144.122 145.577 145.072 143.937 -0,8%
Niedersachsen 799.337 783.835 776.508 752.508 749.974 759.037 758.148 -0,1%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 378.939 375.141 368.240 359.303 361.584 367.046 366.591 -0,1%
Rheinland-Pfalz 95.868 94.264 92.191 89.236 88.461 89.581 89.282 -0,3%
Saarland 12.189 11.921 11.368 11.218 11.108 11.249 11.308 +0,5%
Sachsen 167.979 164.343 162.607 160.008 158.952 159.285 160.057 +0,5%
Sachsen-Anhalt 101.137 97.692 95.561 93.221 93.448 94.458 95.039 +0,6%
Schleswig-Holstein 350.685 341.631 333.184 324.797 320.414 324.282 322.127 -0,7%
Thüringen 83.489 81.401 81.139 79.038 78.914 78.417 78.915 +0,6%
Total Germany 3.775.191 3.712.815 3.668.290 3.589.431 3.578.405 3.596.633 2.668.779 -25,4%
Former Federal territory 3.145.241 3.096.528 3.059.936 2.994.852 2.983.590 3.001.253 2.072.119 -30,5%
New Federal states 629.950 616.287 608.354 594.579 594.815 595.380 596.660 +0,3%
(e) estimated by CLAL
Last update: 03-08-2026
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt
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