Jeremy Clarkson ‘absolutely devastated' after farm suffers TB outbreak
The TV personality shared the 'bad news' from the location at the centre of his Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm on Thursday (31 July).
'We've gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated,' he wrote on X/Twitter.
Bovine tuberculosis or TV is an infectious respiratory disease of cattle and can also infect badgers, deer, goats and pigs.
The disease is considered of the biggest challenges facing the farming industry today
'An increasing number of farm families are facing the emotional and financial hardship of a TB breakdown,' Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon TD said in May 2025, urging for 'decisive action'.
There are differing beliefs over ways of reducing the spread, with farming organisations believing it should be dealt with by exploring TB in badgers. Meanwhile, government officials believe cattle movement should be made tighter.
Clarkson bought the Diddly Squat land in 2008 and, after the villager who ran the farm retired in 2019, he decided to see if he could run it himself – a venture tracked in Clarkson's Farm.
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