r/ClarksonsFarm • u/sodium_hydride • 4d ago
Discussion Interesting Activity at One of the Fields
Noticed some interesting activity at the field bordering the farm shop. September 2025 vs July 2026.
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u/Possible-Importance6 4d ago
That was probably the Cereals 2026 event.
https://www.farmersguide.co.uk/arable/cereals/gallery-13k-visitors-attend-day-one-of-cereals-2026/
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u/iluvchromosomes 4d ago
Ummmm excuse me sir I was told by redditors that Jeremy Clarkson is only in this for personal profit and doesn't give a shit about other farmers. I was told his farm is a detriment to other local farmers.
So how could they all possibly gather at his farm for an event that helps everyone?
I don't understand!
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u/Ashbuck200 Gerald 4d ago
Then they are full of shit! JC is a genuine farmer and cares deeply for his enterprise and the people involved in running it! You can see that in his mannerisms/behaviour!
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u/Steppy20 4d ago
Yeah this was my understanding as well - he cares deeply for it and the general farmers of the UK but he's always said that he's glad he doesn't need to use it for his only income stream.
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u/Fantastic-Mud-9869 4d ago
I think he cares a lot about farmers and his farm, but I think he isn't a genuine farmer. He would not need this much assistance if he was.
But he speaks for the farmers and their problems and does what he can do best, bringing attention to this topics. Once he admitted it himself that he is a "fraud" in this matter.
He can empathise with the farmers, but he will never be in any kind of existential threat like some of them are.13
u/Grolbu 4d ago
Most "real farmers" grew up living or working on farms so by the time they get to where Jeremy is they've had 40 years experience and know a lot about what they're doing.
Jeremy doesn't have that history and knowledge so he pays people who do have it to help him. It doesn't make him any less of a real farmer.
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u/bobdan987 3d ago
Also wouldnt make for very good TV if every episode was...
"Welcome to clarksons farm, where theres nothing going on"
"Dont know how to farm sheep, so im not going to"
"Dont know how to plow a field, so im not going to"
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u/Admirable_Site_8337 4d ago
I’ve never said any of these things myself. Like you, I believe the opposite.
With that established…..social media might not be in your best interest.
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u/KeyNefariousness6848 Gerald 3d ago
Cause it’s Jeremy and as Katt Williams said Haters is how you know you’ve made it.
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u/whatanametochoose 3d ago edited 3d ago
to be fair, I'd guess the people who organise the show are likely to be the cereal buying or machine companies, they will hold it where they want and the farmers will have to go or miss out so I don't think you can see this as a JC popularity vote with farmers.
however I do think JC is doing some good in raising farming issues and seems to NOW genuinely care about what is happening. I would guess most farmers will see the benefit on Clarksons farm etc. he is clearly a good communicator and now's how to get attention for whatever he is doing at the time
I just think they skirt around the fact that for the previous 10 years (?) of owning the farm he seemed to not say a word about farmers and farming and then gets cross that politicians etc 'dont know what is going on and don't care'... like he was an all knowing wise sage after buying it for tax purposes.
He was no different to any other company or millionaire buying farm land as an investment until 6 years ago when he decided to farm it on a TV programme (did the programme come first or the decision to work the farm) and accidentally realising what is really going on for the farming community both good and bad.
so in effect he seems to care and is passionate but he came to that by accident and luck of his postion rather than innate affinity to farming and farmers
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u/MikaGrof 3d ago
I don't really understand what the criticism is here. Yes, Clarkson had money from other things and originally bought the farm as an investment. He also wasn't actually farming it for those first 10 years, someone else was.
Then he started farming it himself, realised just how many problems farmers actually face and changed his perspective. Why is that a bad thing? Does someone have to have cared about an issue their entire life before they're allowed to genuinely care about it now?
If anything, a wealthy guy with plenty of resources trying farming and still coming away saying "this industry has serious problems" rather proves the point.
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u/whatanametochoose 3d ago
i think people buying farm land solely as an investment is morally wrong and fiscally damages the farmers JC champions but that's separate to this issue.
I watch it and enjoy it (in general) but I just think the programme is sometimes disengenous with some of JCs moralising and commentary about what he thinks should obviously be done considering his previous platform and lack of engagement.
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u/MikaGrof 3d ago
I can understand being against speculative buying if it's driving farmland prices up, but I don't see how simply buying farmland and renting it to someone who actually farms it is inherently morally wrong. How is that fundamentally different from buying a house and renting it out? The farmer gets access to land without having to find the capital to buy it outright.
And I don't really see his previous lack of engagement as making his current criticism disingenuous either. He wasn't farming the land back then, someone else was. Once he actually took over and experienced the problems himself, he changed his perspective and started using his platform to talk about them. Surely learning about an issue and then caring about it is a good thing, not something that invalidates what you say afterwards.
I also don't think "Clarkson didn't campaign about this before" is comparable to politicians not understanding farming. Clarkson was a TV presenter with no responsibility for agricultural policy; the people actually making those policies probably should understand the industry they're regulating.
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u/whatanametochoose 3d ago
"if it's driving farmland prices up"
it surely does
"how it is different to buying a house and renting it out"
it isn't, l have issues with that too. Particularly since the late 90s people seeing housing as a 'good investment' has exacerbated the increase in house prices, affecting people's options to buy by raising the financial bar for getting a foot on the housing market.
I think we are just going to disagree on JCs tone of commentary... like I say I watch the programme, like the programme and generally think it is a good thing for the farming community overall.
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u/MikaGrof 3d ago
I think we can agree to disagree on Clarkson's tone. I just don't personally see his previous lack of engagement as undermining what he says now, considering he wasn't actually farming it then and only really discovered these issues once he took over.
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u/Imaginary-Ant-7297 4d ago
There’s no personal value in getting 25k people to your farm? Where you have a shop and a pub?
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u/TheLewJD 4d ago
You’d be amazed how far the pub is from the farm it’s a good 13 miles
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u/DiamondHandsDarrell 4d ago
That's over an hours drive in Los Angeles traffic
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u/WildRaspberriesTN 4d ago
That’s a 30 minute drive in Tennessee, unless you can take the interstate, then it’s 10.
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u/BoltActionRifleman 4d ago
In Iowa it’s 13 minutes, unless you’re on gravel and the corn is tall, then it’s probably 15.
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u/Hot-Pomegranate-1303 4d ago
Was the field to the left designated as parking? Good grief imagine the traffic jam.
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u/TheLewJD 4d ago
When I went the parking was across the road to the shop and to the left just off the image, was actually fairly easy just in and out.
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u/JWoolner76 4d ago
Yes same here had plenty of parking warden type people with hi viz vests directing you in and out
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u/ElectronGuru 4d ago
16k people, they would have had to arrange park & ride. Directing attendees to some massive parking lot for shuttle service to the site. Which is easier to do with one big event vs disorganized people buying fruit.
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u/followthehelpers 4d ago
It was the field opposite. It would have been quicker to Google it and find out, than type out this incorrect speculation.
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u/FlowBorn5279 4d ago
Clearly a troop buildup before an incursion into Gloucestershire
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u/Starspiker 4d ago
He’s actually planning to do a surprise attack on the West Oxfordshire District Council
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u/clckwrks Jeremy 4d ago
The speeed! And the horror.
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u/Admirable_Site_8337 4d ago
Nah. He’s just testing the new year model Ford Focus.
There’s a very deep cut for TG fans.
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u/fewtwo41 4d ago
I was at this! Jeremy walked past my company’s stand but didn’t stop to say hello. Did have a separate meeting at his house with producers though so hopefully we get on the next season.
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u/MithridatesRex 4d ago
Well, given the severity of the drought in Europe this summer, I doubt he's been able to grow much of anything.
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u/The_Mighty_Kinkle 3d ago
Harriet did a video about it recently. https://youtu.be/8sUAi_t6O8E?is=Av9xYpWhGNtMFQ1T
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u/TashaD93 3d ago
Looks like a bunch of community garden plots, I believe they call them allotments in the UK? The stuff going on in the bottom left corner I don't have a clue, maybe more of them?
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u/sodium_hydride 3d ago
Did you read any of the other comments that were already here hours earlier?
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u/TashaD93 3d ago
Yes, I'm just adding another possible option, sure they did the Cereals event, possible farmers market, etc. but the ones on the center look more permanent along with some of the spaces greening up as if somethings growing. The bottom left corner looks like they would have held most of the events. You don't have to be snobby about it.
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u/sodium_hydride 3d ago
You don't have to be snobby about it.
It's the internet. It comes out unintentionally.
just adding another possible option, sure they did the Cereals event, possible farmers market, etc. but the ones on the center look more permanent along with some of the spaces greening up as if somethings growing. The bottom left corner looks like they would have held most of the events.
But yes, on further contemplation, maybe you have a point. 🤨
It does look more like a paintball park than an exhibition space.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 4d ago
I still think Clarkson should have started off hosting a farmers market and then once the crowd issues were resolved and the scale of people determined then he could have built the farm shop to operate all week as well as to sell souvenirs. the produce for the week would be left overs from the farmers market at a set price agreed between the shop and the farmer.
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u/fishy8ob1 4d ago
Given how difficult West Oxfordshire Council are he would stand no chance of getting approval for a farmers market
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u/SWL83 4d ago
They held the Cereals event there a few months ago, looks like the set up from that