Who actually becomes a farmer these days? The job of a farmer faces huge physical and economic challenges: 14-hour working days, a lot of bureaucracy, and at the end of the day there's always the uncertainty of whether you'll be able to make ends meet financially. These are all factors that deter the younger generation in particular from going into farming. Nevertheless, 26-year-old young farmer Marie describes being a farmer as her dream job and will soon take over her father's farm. In this report, PULS reporter Sebastian Meinberg delves into Marie's everyday life as a farmer for three days. Because farming is her passion and life's work, even if the alarm clock rings every day at 2:45 a.m. #PULSReportage #Reportage #farmer #farmer #agriculture ---------- You can find the most important sources here: ➡ How many farms are there in Germany and how big are they? Federal Agricultural Information Center How many farms are there in Germany and how big are they?: BZL ➡More content about country life can be found on the TikTok channel of @sag_mal ➡ How many farms are there in Germany and how big are they? ---------- Chapter overview 00:00 What does young farmer Marie's everyday life look like? 2:50 Meini lends a hand! 4:50 What happens to the animals on the farm? 6:22 Does Marie feel sorry for the animals? 7:38 What are Marie's working hours? 8:56 Meini helps with the grain harvest 10:49 Physical effort: The calves are hungry! 12:02 Marie's sister speaks plainly: What speaks against a life as a farmer 13:22 What does Marie's free time look like? 15:18 Now it gets tricky: Meini has to milk the cows 18:18 Living on the edge: Does Marie see a future for her farm? 21:52 Is the work financially worthwhile? 24:00 What motivates Marie? 24:55 Meini's conclusion on working in agriculture ---------- Editors: Mathias Ahlmer, Sebastian Meinberg, Sonja Röbig, Matthias Dachtler Camera: Tim Hanke-Zilles, Noah Stuckstätte, Mathias Ahlmer Editing: Gloria Zettel, Elke Steinhardt Graphics: Solvey Hendrik, Lukas Brenninger Channel Management: Antonia Harbauer ---------- We are Ariane Alter, Sebastian Meinberg, Kevin Ebert and Leah Nlemibe from PULS Reportage. We want to answer the most important, most exciting and craziest questions of our generation. We are brave. We are curious. We push boundaries. And most importantly: We don't just talk about it, we try it out. For you! ✚ Follow us on TikTok for even more exciting content: / bestofpulsreportage ✚ Follow us on Instagram for stories, surveys and quizzes: / pulsreportage ► Our community rules apply in the comments column: https://br.de/s/3hdcM5g ---------- PULS Reportage is part of PULS, the young content network of Bayerischer Rundfunk. Here you can find an overview of all PULS formats and events: / dein_puls ---------- ♫ All songs from this PULS report: Post Malone - Circles Cosmo Sheldrake - The Fly Paula Hartmann - nimm mit Black Sea Dahu - In Case I Fall For You Dominic Fike - King of Everything Zimmer90 - Millions Biig Piig - Oh No Phantogram - When I Am Small Willie Nelson - On The Road Again Ouimette - Stomp it! Gerd Baumann - Sweet Home Tandern Odette - Hit Or Miss Brooks Dunn - Hard Working Man Beyoncé - Texas Hold'em Eight Buckets of Chicken Hearts - Mediocrity Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road Post Malone – Chemical Metronomy – Love Letters Hans Zimmer – Cornfield Chase Alan Jackson – Country Boy Post Malone – Don't understand Cigarettes after Sex – Silver Sable