Stéphane’s farm
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![man with milking machine and goats](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/d022fdf3116a7b145e45ced88acc5b67-bauenhof-104-data.jpg)
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![a pasture](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/69c855a97d6d4896a8afc033dee90d88-bauenhof-112-data.jpg)
![Man with grey cow](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/1a421f501f357c27ba6cee9c160e6c84-bauenhof-127-data.jpg)
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![donkey and man jumping over fence](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/da3a330f4439686cd6a79904cb40afc5-bauenhof-135-data.jpg)
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![man on a tractor](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/3ae8123bdfe25f1961bc2b3b201acce1-bauenhof-5-data.jpg)
![a stack of dried grass](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/908298e70edeceda9bb2d8b153d45e6c-bauenhof-155-data.jpg)
![Night falls on the farm](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/848986303bf84628729cbf6accedc114-bauenhof-27-data.jpg)
Stéphane starts working on the farm every day at 5am. After milking, it's time to feed the goats and pigs, take the cattle to pasture and mow the grass. This is how a typical day goes by in his life.
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