Slight Increase in Grain Acreage for the 2025 Harvest After the Lowest Level in the Previous Year

According to current estimates by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), agricultural holdings in Germany will cultivate grain on an area of 5.86 million hectares for the 2025 harvest year. Compared to the previous year, the area under grain cultivation is expected to increase by 179,100 hectares, or 3.2%. However, it will remain at a low level, after the area under cultivation in 2024 fell to its lowest level since the time series began in …