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On Karsten Dudziak's farm in Sophienhof near Neustrelitz, the cattle are to be driven to another pasture for the winter. There they are drier and more sheltered from the wind. Everything is prepared. The driving route is marked and the farm's employees are standing at the critical points where the cattle could turn in the wrong direction. The animals actually know the way and know where they have to go. But there is still uncertainty as to whether external circumstances could startle and confuse the lead animals. In Kölau in Lower Saxony, poultry farmer Christine Bremer is having the first 60 Christmas turkeys slaughtered. A mobile slaughterer comes to the farm for this, because the animals should be under as little stress as possible. Since the robust turkeys are her own breed, they are all weighed again beforehand. This allows Christine to determine how well her animals have grown up. Wulf-Heiner Kummetz examines the sand that was recently delivered for the riding hall and explains why it has a better grip and why that is important for the horse's health. Then he has to repair the machine he uses to moisten the sand in the riding arena. It is getting old, some parts are missing, others are completely bent. But he can't find all the new parts in his workshop and has to improvise for now. Christmas trees are also being sold this year on Hof Thudt in the Harz foothills. But first Steffen has to choose his 120 trees from the plantation of a couple he is friends with. The Fischer family has been growing Christmas trees for three generations. There are more than 80,000 trees on an area of around ten hectares, mainly Nordmann firs, which are the most popular Christmas tree in Germany. _______________________________________________ Our guidelines for comments: https://www.ndr.de/service/technische... #ndr #ndraufmland #hofgeschichten