Overview

• Jeremy Clarkson announced on X that Diddly Squat Farm is under a two-month bovine tuberculosis lockdown that bars cattle movement and mandates herd testing.
• He warned that extreme weather—record rainfall in 2024 followed by drought in 2025—has led to catastrophic crop losses across his fields.
• Only two of 400,000 beetroot plants sprouted this season, underscoring the scale of the harvest collapse.
• With cattle sales frozen by TB restrictions and crops failing, the farm is relying on revenue from its pub, shop, and TV royalties to stay afloat.
• The outbreak highlights systemic challenges in Oxfordshire’s TB edge area, where semiannual testing and culling policies strain farming operations.