Jeremy Clarkson has been farming for six years now, but there’s still one aspect that he finds particularly challenging and believes is actually the “most difficult” part
Jeremy Clarkson has candidly admitted what he considers to be the most “difficult thing” about farming. In a recent column, the presenter of Clarkson’s Farm shared his insights into the complexities of food production, admitting that despite his six years on the farm, there are still elements he simply doesn’t “understand”.
The former Grand Tour host used the example of not knowing how to “turn a pig into a sausage”, confessing that while he could “kill the pig” as he owns a gun, he would be clueless about the subsequent steps. Jeremy, who rose to fame on Top Gear before his Amazon farming series became popular, then shifted his focus to cattle.
According to the motoring icon, the situation becomes “even worse” with cows, explaining that it’s necessary to “peel them” – another task that leaves him baffled.
He described how cattle are both large and heavy, before pointing out just how “complicated” their internal anatomy turns out to be.
In his Sunday Times Magazine column, Jeremy confessed: “It’s nigh on impossible to deduce which bits are used to make steaks and which are for mincing and whether that bulbous-looking thing is incredibly tasty or a bowel.”
He added: “But by far and away the most difficult thing would be turning my wheat into bread. This is something that has fascinated me for years because how on earth did anyone figure it out?”
Jeremy’s venture into farming started when he purchased land in 2008, part of the Sarsden estate in Oxfordshire. He later took up farming on the land himself, dubbing it Diddly Squat due to its low yield, reports the Express.
His farming exploits were subsequently chronicled in Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm, which premiered in 2021 and is now in its fourth series, garnering a significant fan base.
Following the show’s success, Jeremy opened the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, allowing customers to sample his home-grown produce such as vegetables and honey, as well as establishing a pub, The Farmer’s Dog.
In other news, it has been reported that Jeremy apologised for his “dishevelled state” at a recent Hawkstone VIP Summer Party held at The Farmer’s Dog.
He admitted that the demanding nature of farming had also prevented his Clarkson’s Farm co-worker Kaleb Cooper from attending. Jeremy explained that harvest season had begun on his farm and was shaping up to be the “worst” on record.
Kaleb’s new combine harvester had broken down shortly after operations started. Jeremy said: “We got the combine fixed and then – and this is true for the first time in four months – it rained.”
He continued: “That soaked all the oats that we were supposed to be harvesting, so I rushed over here and he sent his apologies, but he’s simply waiting for the moisture levels to drop so that we can get cracking.”
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