{"id":17965,"date":"2025-04-17T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:07:05","slug":"germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Based on seed sales and early estimates by Germany\u2019s state malting barley associations, the Braugersten-Gemeinschaft (German Malting Barley Association) estimates that this year\u2019s spring barley acreage is roughly 315,000 hectares. This includes about 16,000 hectares of spring barley sown in the fall. In addition, German farmers have planted about 30,000 hectares of winter barley intended for malting and brewing.
The 2024\/25 winter, just like the 14 winters before, was warmer than normal. Using the internationally recognized climatological reference period of 1961 to 1990 as a basis for comparison, December 2024 was 2.2 \u00b0C (4 \u00b0F); January 2025, 2.5 \u00b0C (4.5\u00b0F); and February, 1.5 \u00b0C (2.7 \u00b0F) above normal. Because the winter was mild, all fall-sown crops developed well, with next to no frost damage.
Excessive rains, however, were a problem this season. The rains started in the fall with above-average volumes, making both spring and winter barley planting difficult. They forced farmers to extend their fall sowing well into the last week of November. December, by contrast, ended with a rainfall deficit; however the rain returned with a vengeance in January, which turned out to be the wettest January ever. The rainfall see-saw continued in February, when precipitation was less than half the normal rate. On the positive side, the dry February weather allowed the fields to firm up for an early, short, and almost perfect planting window which lasted from the end of February to the end of March. By that time, all sowing was completed even in usually late-season regions and at higher elevations.
After sowing, strong easterly winds and a loack of rain helped to further dry out the topsoil. The crop developed well and, by April, had reached the mid- to late-tillering and even the emergence phase. By that point, the crop urgently needed water because the roots were not yet long enough to reach down into the subsoil layers, which were still moist. For this reason, early indications already suggest that the more advanced winter crops are going to have an advantage this year.
The key varieties planted this season are Amidala, Lexy, Caruso, and Leandra. All of these are recommended by the Berlin Program. In addition, farmers are cultivating KWS Donau and KWS Somerset, as well as several varieties under contract.
Source: BRAUGERSTEN-GEMEINSCHAFT e.V.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on seed sales and early estimates by Germany\u2019s state malting barley associations, the Braugersten-Gemeinschaft (German Malting Barley Association) estimates that this year\u2019s spring barley acreage is roughly 315,000 hectares. This includes about 16,000 hectares of spring barley sown in the fall. In addition, German farmers have planted about 30,000 hectares of winter barley intended…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maltmore-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGermany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"857\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katharina Stiller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katharina Stiller\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7a8e7fc1937a1528d4c0d646c1aec9b8\"},\"headline\":\"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"malt&more\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg\",\"width\":1125,\"height\":857},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland\",\"description\":\"F\u00fcr die besten Biere\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Palatia Malz GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/bestmalz-logo-dark.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/bestmalz-logo-dark.svg\",\"caption\":\"Palatia Malz GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestmalz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7a8e7fc1937a1528d4c0d646c1aec9b8\",\"name\":\"Katharina Stiller\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland","description":"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland","og_description":"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.","og_url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/","og_site_name":"BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland","article_published_time":"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1125,"height":857,"url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Katharina Stiller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"Katharina Stiller","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7a8e7fc1937a1528d4c0d646c1aec9b8"},"headline":"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025","datePublished":"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/"},"wordCount":380,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg","articleSection":["malt&more"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/","name":"Germany\u2019s first crop report for spring and winter barley in 2025 - BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-04-17T11:07:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T11:07:05+00:00","description":"This report shows how the growth of spring and winter barley in Germany is affected by the weather in 2025.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/germanys-first-crop-report-for-spring-and-winter-barley-in-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg","width":1125,"height":857},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/","name":"BESTMALZ | Braumalz aus Deutschland","description":"F\u00fcr die besten Biere","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Palatia Malz GmbH","url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/bestmalz-logo-dark.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/bestmalz-logo-dark.svg","caption":"Palatia Malz GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7a8e7fc1937a1528d4c0d646c1aec9b8","name":"Katharina Stiller"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":347,"label":"malt&more"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gerstenfeld-bei-Heddesheim.jpeg",1125,857,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Katharina Stiller","author_link":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/news\/author\/katharina-stillerbestmalz-de\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":347,"name":"malt&more","slug":"maltmore-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":347,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":347,"category_count":17,"category_description":"","cat_name":"malt&more","category_nicename":"maltmore-en","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17966,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions\/17966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestmalz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}