Clarkson's Farm

I'm sure there will be those that'll have some sort of negative spin on it because they dont like him for reasons, but as said, the more this is public the more peole know, the more are likely to get checked out earlier and catch it before it kills them.
 
Trig said:
I'm sure there will be those that'll have some sort of negative spin on it because they dont like him for reasons, but as said, the more this is public the more peole know, the more are likely to get checked out earlier and catch it before it kills them.
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there is a massive stigma about it, my dad is almost 70 and never goes for a check. Its just luck that he is alive
 
He was right, the last 2 eps were a hard watch. Still very good TV but a lot of real world stuff behind it. Understandably they will frame it in the best way possible as in catching early but let's face it, for men it is the worst type. I hope he pulls through, despite him being a complete **** on many occasions I do believe he genuinely wants to help farmers and has bought more light to the issues with this series that never would have garnered so much attention.

That poor calf :(
 
Really enjoyed the section with Hannah as soon as Jeremy mentioned bird watcher was expecting the 'typical stereotype' but she was great on camera and taught me plenty I didn't know which this season has really pushed the 'things you likely didn't know about' regarding other parts of farming.

Did not expect him to just drop the cancer diagnose out to Kaleb and Charlie like he did at the meeting in Episode 7, I can see why he's posted about it before the episode aired, as Jeremy stated Dilwyn is a walking advertisement for weight loss jabs after seeing how much weight he got off in the months between episodes when we see him, bad news with the cows and think that was the first time we'd had a 'silent' ending to a episode.

For how Lisa usually comes across in the show that was impressive how quick she picked up driving the tractor and getting loaded.

Endgame getting up when he saw Jeremy for the first time after his op reminded me of a old dog remember it's owner.

What a sad state of affairs that was regarding the cow with potential TB.

Gutted it's ended as it was marketed as potentially the last season but with the update from Jeremy at the end hopefully we do get a s6, I can't see Kaleb being able to carry it on his own and Harriet seems happy enough doing social media on the side of actual work, a show following Charlie around could be quite good to watch if they don't go ahead with a s6, the only show similar is the Vinny Jones one but that's more look at what my builders have done on my estate this year rather than actual farming.
 
Trig said:
I'm sure there will be those that'll have some sort of negative spin on it because they dont like him for reasons, but as said, the more this is public the more peole know, the more are likely to get checked out earlier and catch it before it kills them.
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I can't even see a doctor if there is something definitely wrong with me. I can only imagine their response is I just asked for something I think might be wrong.
I have resorted to just ordering antibiotics online the last few times.
 
I have to agree with how pointless the regs have become in farming. The way they test for tb in cows is silly and can easily lead to misinterpretation. Likewise I was also in utter shock in 2026 that they cannot protect cows from tb.

The whole industry is living in the dark ages.

I like what clarkson did with incorporating technology into the farming but the whole lot was wasted due to drought. Surely in 2026 there are efficient ways to spray water onto fields or maybe no one has thought of inventing it.

I know here in Lincolnshire they use gargantuan water sprayers but I guess the ground is more suited to it compared to the Cotswolds.
 
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adam cool dude said:
I have to agree with how pointless the regs have become in farming. The way they test for tb in cows is silly and can easily lead to misinterpretation. Likewise I was also in utter shock in 2026 that they cannot protect cows from tb.

The whole industry is living in the dark ages.

I like what clarkson did with incorporating technology into the farming but the whole lot was wasted due to drought. Surely in 2026 there are efficient ways to spray water onto fields or maybe no one has thought of inventing it.

I know here in Lincolnshire they use gargantuan water sprayers but I guess the ground is more suited to it compared to the Cotswolds.
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As you'd expect, during times of drought water is heavily regulated. Even outside of drought there are limits to how much you can take from waterways.
 
Really highlights the highs and lows of farming, can be a touch watch sometimes. And people would moan about paying 20p more for a carrot for example! Nuts.

Also, anyone else have a big crush on the bird lady? She had great energy lol!

And I know a lot of it is edited so a lot of crap appears to happen all in the same week, but I can really imagine times when you're dealt another blow, and you just think......sod this I'm off to the pub!
 
Amazed the cancer diagnoses hadn't leaked, also found it rather funny that some news outlets didn't seem to realise the show was filmed last year and were reporting the results of his operation which took place July last year wouldn't be known until this November.

Would be interesting to see how much money they would have got if the weather hadn't ruined majority of the crops, automated farming looked very promising (even if Kaleb spent most of the time freed up from drilling watching the drilling on a screen)
 
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Would be interesting to see how much money they would have got if the weather hadn't ruined majority of the crops, automated farming looked very promising (even if Kaleb spent most of the time freed up from drilling watching the drilling on a screen)
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With how impressed they were with the machines I can see them using them again for last / this year but the weather hasn't been much better so I guess it'll depend on how much it cost them to rent as Charlie didn't give the figures just that they were included in the total.
 
The mushrooms grow no matter what the rain or whether is doing.

I would have thought he would be better off massively scaling that up to industrial levels to supply supermarket chains with premium price diddly squat mushrooms.

Making a loss again in 2025 even with all that very expensive high end kit and methods shows that traditional farming in the UK is a dead end.
 
Shadowness said:
Really highlights the highs and lows of farming, can be a touch watch sometimes. And people would moan about paying 20p more for a carrot for example! Nuts.
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Food prices are set by global markets. UK farmers have to compete with all farmers around the world, not just with each other in the U.K.

dave28 said:
The mushrooms grow no matter what the rain or whether is doing.

I would have thought he would be better off massively scaling that up to industrial levels to supply supermarket chains with premium price diddly squat mushrooms.

Making a loss again in 2025 even with all that very expensive high end kit and methods shows that traditional farming in the UK is a dead end.
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UK farming is hampered by scale, or the lack there of it.

Small farms like what Clarkson has which are then split up into tiny fields are just not very efficient. I’m sure farmers are able to keep themselves busy all year round but it’s just not as productive.

In places like Ukraine and the US, they have single fields of wheat which are multiple times larger than the entirety of Clarkson farm.

It’s so much more efficient at that scale both on time (labour) and equipment use (capital costs).

The downside is you’ll loose a lot of heritage (e.g. stone walls lining fields) and what little habitat we have left in the U.K. if you scaled it up. Farmland isn’t habitat but all the hedgerows etc are and you’ve have to strip all that out.
 
Plus you have more and more people to feed and less and less space to grow the food.
The government seem happy to import everything sadly, otherwise they'd be growing farming.
Everything has intent so the fact farming is so hard to make profitable to me shows they want it to decline.
 
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