00:00This is Evelyn, the youngest of Sela's family's 60 cows.
00:03She was born today, but currently Draught is forcing their organic farming operation to reduce its hurt.
00:09Fetus scares, costs are rising, and they have already had to sell several cows in slaughter too.
00:15We have already had the first food purchases, where we take 10-12 thousand euros in the hand.
00:22In the milk, we will probably lose about 10-15% and in the meat, between 10 and 60%.
00:31That's pretty heavy.
00:34Alongside dairy farming, the sellers grow vegetables on 115 hectares.
00:39But this year, Draught prevented most pumpkin seeds from germinating, cutting yields by 20%.
00:44But this isn't the only challenge facing German farmers.
00:47The farmers are currently under very unorthodox kinds of pressure.
00:52They are of course suffering under the war in the Middle East,
00:56because the meat price has changed.
00:59It has also led to that the diesel price has increased.
01:02The two points are the dryness of the soil.
01:04There has been almost no rain force since mid-June.
01:07Experts say the harvest isn't catastrophic, but the trend is worrying as climate change advances.
01:12Germany's Farmers Association, long opposed to strict climate rules, is now demanding action.
01:30The farmers' association is calling for further reductions on the tax on diesel.
01:35German Agriculture Minister Alois Reiner has promised support,
01:38but wants to wait for the final harvest figures at the end of August.
01:55Beyond financial aid, experts say better water management is key.
01:59In the past, it was always on the ground, so quickly as it goes,
02:05from the landscape to the water.
02:07Because too much water in the landscape is not only a problem,
02:11but also when water is on the fields, it has negative effects.
02:17Now we have a new situation, that often very trockene phases on.
02:21That means we have to ensure that not permanently through the trees in the landwirtschaft,
02:26through drainage, water is carried away.
02:28The Stella family is preparing for drought, building a reservoir to irrigate their fields.
02:32It came too late for the pumpkins, but it's the start.
02:35The one thing is that we have to ensure that we have to build the trees.
02:39The other thing is that we have to ensure that we have to build the trees,
02:46also in the fields, and also in the fields,
02:47so that we have to make sure that we have to make sure that we have to do it.
02:51Scientists are also looking at crops better suited to dry conditions.
02:54I'm going to think that there will be more cultures,
02:58and there will be more to try and more.
03:00And there will certainly be a lot of things that will work well.
03:03Markus Seller is already planning for the farm's future
03:06and new crops suited to a changing climate.
03:08He plans to take over his parents' farm, seeing climate change as both a challenge and an opportunity.
03:14Kiwis, I think, will it be possible for us in the future.
03:19But it's also related to the risk,
03:21because we don't only have the warm and dry summer,
03:25but also have a relatively strong winter for the seeds.
03:29So we have to wait and see if the seeds can do it and survive.
03:35That's the big gap in which we also have.
03:38Whether Evelyn will one day produce milk on the Seller's family's organic farm is uncertain.
03:43But one thing is clear.
03:44If droughts continue, cows like her may find less and less to eat on these dry fields.
