Jeremy Clarkson reveals he 'won't get paid' for farm produce despite 15-hour working day

Jeremy Clarkson said he will work between 15 and 20 hours a day on Diddly Squat this summer, but doesn’t “actually get paid” for what he harvests. The Clarkson’s Farm star, who bought his Cotswolds farm in 2008 and started running it himself in 2019, argued that making profits from farming has become “impossible,” saying it would be cheaper to go on an expensive holiday than afford one while waiting for harvest. In a column for The Sun, he described waking at 4 a.m. to work nonstop and compared the difficult tasks—such as dealing with animals—to the reward of an ice-cold beer after harvesting. He added that policy and costs leave farmers unable to profit from wheat and barley. The article notes Clarkson has pushed government changes, including inheritance tax thresholds and planning reforms.