Jeremy Clarkson’s farm has been hit with yet more bad news as the Diddly Squat Farm owner issued an update on the recent disaster that has plagued the Oxfordshire farm
Clarkson’s Farm favourite Lisa Hogan has delivered more troubling updates from Diddly Squat farm – which she runs alongside Jeremy Clarkson – as the heartbroken farmer revealed they’d been struck by yet another disease outbreak.
On Saturday (August 9), the 51 year old model posted an Instagram video showing her recently shorn sheep.
The flock had been corralled into a compact pen whilst veterinarians worked behind them to vaccinate the animals against a viral condition called Bluetongue.
Captioning the footage, she explained: “Vaccinating the lambs against blue tongue, which is spread by midges. It’s relentless at the moment”.
Bluetongue represents a viral infection carried by biting midges that triggers numerous symptoms including fever, swelling, and sores – though a ‘blue tongue’ doesn’t necessarily appear in all cases, reports the Express.
Whilst this poses no food safety risk, the illness can prove deadly with fatality rates spanning from 2 per cent to 30 percent, though some vulnerable sheep herds have seen deaths climb as high as 70 per cent.
Supporters quickly rushed to the comments section to offer their encouragement, with one follower writing: “God, farming is literally one of the toughest gigs around. Hope you are all doing well.”
A second person agreed: “It’s always something, isn’t it?
“Farmers seem to get the short shrift and people don’t seem to understand the amount of work, expense, and risk involved in bringing food to our tables. My thanks to you all.”
Meanwhile, some supporters have been quick to reassure the presenter that farm animals are in safe hands under their care.
One follower confidently expressed: “They’re in good hands with you.”
This comes as Jeremy Clarkson shared a rather bleak update last Friday (August 8), alerting his fans that the coming year could spell disaster for his Oxfordshire farm.
Taking to X – the platform formerly known as Twitter – he shared his concerns in a heartfelt message: “It looks like this year’s harvest will be catastrophic. This should be a worry for anyone who eats food.”
He continued, highlighting the severity of the situation: “If a disaster on this scale had befallen any other industry, there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
While Clarkson didn’t specify the root cause of the farm’s troubles, commenters speculated that the unpredictable British weather was to blame.
Clarkson has previously experienced difficulties with his crops. In June, during a particularly intense heatwave across the UK, he wrote in his Times column about how erratic weather patterns were wreaking havoc on his Diddly Squat Farm.
The TV personality detailed the impact of a prolonged dry spell on his agricultural efforts, noting: “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. And so far in May we’ve had 4mm. You couldn’t keep a window box going with a dribble like that.
“It’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.”
He continued: “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.”
