Jeremy Clarkson shares ‘catastrophic' Diddly Squat Farm update in new blow after TB outbreak
It comes after the former Top Gear presenter disclosed how his 1000-acre farm in Oxfordshire had been hit with an outbreak of Bovine Tuberculosis.
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The farm owner shared the news in a message on social media
Credit: Collect
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And there are more difficult times on the horizon for Clarkson
Credit: Amazon
Now, Clarkson has spoken out about the problems his farm will face in the harvest season.
He claimed the news should be a concern "for anyone who eats food".
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Clarkson said: "It looks like this year's harvest will be catastrophic.
"That should be a worry for anyone who eats food.
"If a disaster on this scale had befallen any other industry, there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth."
When one fan told him that this particular 'drama' will make 'good TV' in a future episode of Clarkson's Farm, the former Top Gear star replied: 'Yes. But most farms don't have TV shows to keep them going.'
Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, which can also infect and cause disease in cats, badgers and dogs.
Jeremy explained how no cows could be introduced to, or leave, the farm until another test can be done on his cattle.
However, the ex-Top Gear host added that a calf had also become unwell following the outbreak.
Jeremy also spoke out about the "enormous" extent of the disruption faced on his farm.
But in some good news for fans, he said the farm shop would remain open and unaffected.
Jeremy Clarkson 'absolutely devastated' after latest blow to Diddly Squat farm
Jeremy has been open about the hardships Diddly Squat farm has faced in recent months.
The June heatwave saw Clarkson's crops wilt in the scorching weather.
He wrote in the Times how hot, and unpredictable conditions had been wreaking havoc on his crops.
Clarkson said: 'It used to be reasonably predictable, but it just isn't anymore. In March Diddly Squat had no rain at all. Not even a drop. In April we got 20mm, which in old money is bugger all.
WIt's been drier than it was in 1976. And while we do have about thirty springs on the farm, they're all in the wrong place. So my onions and my beetroots are just sitting in the dust.
'The wheat, meanwhile, is curling up, the barley won't really get cracking at all and I dread to think what manner of terribleness is being foisted on my poor potatoes.'
Meanwhile, on the latest series of his Amazon Prime show, Jeremy revealed how endless rain had sparked chaos on the farm last year.
Sharing a picture of farmland from a helicopter, the Diddly Squat Farm Shop's Instagram page wrote: "It's going to be a rough year. All that seed sowed, drowned with the constant rain."
This comes after fellow Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper was the victim of soaring tool theft after robbers nicked his £7,000 farm tool.
The farmer turned TV hero, 27, told fans his pricey post knocker, used for hammering in fences, had been stolen from Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.
Another firm's £70k John Deere tractor was also taken, with a burnt-out SUV car found down the road.
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