Overview

• Episode two, aired June 11 after a postponement, spotlights farmers who feel exhausted and marginalized by bureaucratic red tape and low market prices.
• Produced by NDR and BR for ARD, the series faced delays after its conservative migration episode sparked protests from media figures and activists.
• Participants such as Thomas Schneekloth recall incendiary Brussels protests, calling the atmosphere “like a civil war” to draw attention to their plight.
• Disillusionment with the CDU has led some farmers to back the AfD, accepting its subsidy cuts in hopes of protecting conservative rural values.
• After Animal Rebellion activists stormed his farm, Bavarian farmers’ leader Günther Felßner withdrew as ministerial candidate, leaving Alois Rainer to assume the agriculture portfolio.