Larger fields, better harvest: This is how winter cereals grow 2025!

Larger fields, better harvest: This is how winter cereals grow 2025!

In Germany, farmers have significantly expanded their acreage for winter cereals this autumn. With a total area of ​​4.8 million hectares, this is an increase of almost 257,000 hectares or 5.6 percent compared to the previous year, as the Federal Statistical Office announced. Especially in winter wheat, the most important type of grain in the country, the area for the 2025 harvest season was increased by remarkable 12.3 percent to 2.8 million hectares. This is reported by the Schwarzwälder messenger .

Meanwhile, farmers faced challenges in autumn 2023, since very wet floors made it difficult to make the mechanical trip on the fields. Despite these difficult conditions, they have decided to expand their acreage, which indicates an optimistic forecast for the upcoming harvest season with regard to the winter barley, the rye and the wheat rye crossing triticalale. According to the report of the evening newspaper Munich not only shows the commitment of farmers, but also their hope for better weather conditions and income in the coming year.