Jeremy Clarkson reveals extent of 'enormous disruption' caused at farm by TB
The Clarkson's Farm star on Amazon Prime video recently revealed how the infectious disease had been detected in his cattle.
bTB is one of the biggest challenges facing the cattle farming industry in the UK, and all infected animals have to be put down.
He wrote on X on Thursday: 'Bad news from Diddly Squat. We've gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.'
Just days after the outbreak, Clarkson also revealed that one of his puppies had died.
Now, speaking to The Times, the 65-year-old has gone into further detail discussing how it has been 'bloody awful'.
'The disruption's enormous, because you aren't allowed to operate as a business,' he said.
'You have to isolate them for two months. So all the barns we needed to store the grain in, we now have to convert into a cow hospital.
'We've got another calf with pneumonia, so that needs to be housed. And we can't buy or sell a cow now because the farm officially, you know, has TB.'
Earlier this week, Clarkson spoke to radio presenter Peter Cardwell and said: 'We're now locked down and it's just dreadful, absolutely dreadful.
'It's only been not even 24 hours since I found out, and it occupies my mind. Well, it was occupying my mind, but I got up this morning and found one of my puppies has died. And we've got a very sickly calf.
'Honestly, farming? I'm not enjoying it this week.'
According to the former Grand Tour presenter, the farm now has to shut for at least two months until they can do another bTB test. But, the farm shop will not be affected. More Trending
This comes after Clarkson's Farm star Lisa Hogan revealed she survived a plane crash.
The Irish model and actress, 51, became a household name a few years ago when appearing on her partner Jeremy Clarkson's programme Clarkson's Farm.
The couple initially met at a party through mutual friends before getting together in 2017.
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But, in his weekend newspaper column Jeremy explained how between them, the couple had 'walked away from three plane crashes over the years'.
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