2025 Report on the Economic Situation of the Veneto Agri-food Sector

Veneto's gross agricultural production in 2025 is expected to be worth €8.5 billion, an increase of €590 million compared to the previous year (7.4%). This is confirmed by the 2025 report on the agri-food sector, published by Veneto Agricoltura .

In this sense, the increase in prices (5.1%) and in production volumes (2.2%) were decisive, with different balances between the sectors of the primary sector in Veneto.

Specifically, agricultural crops , characterised by an increase in value of 5.2%, benefited more from the growth in quantities produced (4.1%) than from the increase in prices (1%), thanks above all to the good yields of some of the flagship products of Veneto agriculture.

During the 2025 harvest , almost 15 million quintals of grapes were harvested, an increase of 6.8% compared to 2024. Among the leading industrial crops in the country, soybeans and tobacco recorded 4.1% and 16% respectively of the 2024 quantities.

Vegetable crops also performed strongly (up 14%, with 875,000 tons produced), which, together with the recovery in corn , the region's main cereal crop (14.3%), offset the complex autumn-winter cereal season and helped mitigate the production contraction recorded by fruit crops (-9.9% compared to 2024). The horticultural sector remained stable with 1.8 billion units produced.

Livestock farming also performed well, with a 12.4% increase in generated value. Unlike agricultural crops, however, the increase in prices outweighed production volumes, which are essentially unchanged from 2024.

Looking at Veneto's livestock farms in detail, the pig sector was the only one to record a decline in production value at basic prices, falling to €264 million (-3.7%). All other sectors showed significant increases, particularly beef cattle (19.7%) and poultry (13.1%). The value of cow's milk , which includes milk intended for cheese production, also rose by 10.4% (€687 million).

Fish production also saw an increase in the average price of fish sold in the six regional markets (12.5%), which, despite a 7.5% drop in production, were able to count on a higher turnover (€54.8 million in total, 4.2% less than in 2024). Difficulties continue for the sea clam sector , however, with the hydraulic dredges of the Veneto Co.Ge.Vo remaining in port throughout 2025, but set to restart in 2026 thanks to an agreement signed by Veneto Agricoltura with the same Co.Ge.Vo last April.

Shifting the focus, however, to the employment and commercial context experienced by agricultural companies in 2025, an ambivalent picture emerges: the number of agricultural companies registered with the Chamber of Commerce, in line with the general trend in Veneto, decreased by 2.1% (56,553 total units), while employment , with 58,000 workers, increased by 5.3%.

Finally, the foreign trade balance of agri-food products was negative (-423 million euros), due to a growth in imports (10.8 billion, 12.5%) which was more significant than that of exports (10.5 billion, 4.8%).

Further specific insights into this data can be found in the report published on the Veneto Agricoltura website.