- Demand for organic products has grown significantly in 2025: the industry is looking forward to a new sales record. In 2024, the organic market generated a 5.7 percent increase in sales compared to 2023 already, corresponding to a volume of 16.9 million euros. The significantly better harvest in terms of quantity and quality compared to previous years, as well as stable prices for threshed crops and organic products from animal husbandry, are shaping the environment for organic farming. Against this backdrop, organic farmers assess the business situation in 2025 as significantly better than in the previous year. This is stimulating investment in organic farming.
Organic businesses more satisfied with the business situation – greater confidence in business development
- According to the latest estimates, the organic market will reach a new sales record of €18.7 billion in 2025. This represents a substantial increase in sales of 10 percent over the previous year. Sales growth in food retail and drugstores is driving strong growth. In the first half of 2025, sales of organic yogurt increased by 25%, organic poultry by 23%, organic flour by 15%, and organic eggs by 5%. Demand for organic drinking milk rose by 24%. With stable deliveries of organic milk, the prices paid to organic milk producers also increased to 65 cents per liter. Demand for organic pork is also growing, and the market is characterized by scarcity.
- In this positive market environment, the organic farmers participating in the survey rate current business development as better than in 2024. The positive organic grain harvest in 2025, with good yields and quality, also leads to confidence for further business development in organic farming.
Willingness to invest has increased significantly
The optimistic assessment of business development is reflected in the willingness to invest. While 33 percent of the companies surveyed still wanted to invest in 2024, the figure for 2025 is already 73 percent. After the restraint of the previous year, many organic farms are now implementing projects that had previously been postponed. Better harvests and positive market developments are creating the necessary economic leeway. In addition, investments are necessary to improve efficiency in the businesses and thus counter rising costs. The investment priorities of the organic farmers surveyed are expansion and replacement investments in arable farming and replacement and new investments in animal husbandry.
DLG-Agrifuture Insights – a comprehensive view on agricultural development
DLG-Agrifuture Insights is the DLG knowledge brand and platform for international trend analyses in the agricultural sector. It examines the business environment in agriculture in Germany and worldwide. For this purpose, farmers and people from agribusiness, science and consulting are surveyed annually on their assessments of the economic situation and development of agricultural businesses, as well as technology trends and innovations in the individual business sectors. A total of 2,184 people took part in the current survey in spring 2025.