Overview
- Dozens of tractors gathered at Odeonsplatz as BDM-organized convoys rolled into Munich, with police warning of traffic disruptions in the city center.
- Farm-gate prices in Bavaria are about 45 cents per liter after a drop of roughly seven cents since September, with some dairies such as Bergader paying a 42-cent base price.
- Protest leaders call for reactivating a voluntary delivery reduction with compensation, financed by EU instruments or a farmer-funded crisis reserve.
- Farmers blame a global surplus and last year’s favorable feed conditions for the price pressure, and they say discount retailers’ pricing has intensified the squeeze.
- The Bavarian Farmers’ Association remains cautious, with local official Peter Fichtner declining to join and arguing the issue is complex and partially offset by other farm income streams.