Jeremy Clarkson said he is expecting a ‘catastrophic’ harvest at Diddly Squat Farm this year.
The former Top Gear presenter warned that the potentially worrying harvest on his 1000-acre farm in Oxfordshire is bad news for ‘anyone who eats food’.
Posting on X, he wrote: ‘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.’
The announcement comes after the 65-year-old broadcaster and farmer revealed that bovine TB had been discovered at his farm.
The animal testing positive for TB is believed to be a cow, who is pregnant with twin unborn calves, meaning at least three cattle will have to be culled.
Mr Clarkson tweeted: ‘Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated’.
The former Top Gear presenter warned that the potentially worrying harvest on his 1000-acre farm in Oxfordshire is bad news for ‘anyone who eats food’
Jeremy Clarkson said he is expecting a ‘catastrophic’ harvest at Diddly Squat Farm this year
The announcement comes after the 65-year-old broadcaster and farmer revealed that bovine TB had been discovered at his farm
One fan asked if Endgame, his prize-winning Aberdeen Angus bull, was infected.
‘His test was “inconclusive”. I couldn’t bear it if we lost him’, Clarkson replied.
He added: ‘The offending animal is pregnant with twins. I should clear this up really. It’s Bovine TB that we have. It doesn’t affect people, just our poor cows’.
In cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, infected animals are often destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease. More than 21,000 animals were slaughtered due to a TB incident in England between April 2024 and March 2025.
