I’m a farmer, the main obstacle to farming is not weather, hard work, machinery brake-downs… it actually is the government, city councils, bureaucracy…
id say it was the larger farmers themselves that sold out the public for supermarket profits and destroyed the land and nature and filled the enimals full of chemicals and gave us cancers.. or were they not part of all that?? they are just the poor animal lovers and land owners at governments mercy. yeah right. they are still using weed-killers etc on clarksons farm. should swap every one of them out for new young folk to start fixing it all. people are so naive
@@tomhermens7698 no,they thee to protect us, dont let the current charlatans in goverment make you forget that. big business doesnt care about you or the planet many people in politics are actually in it because they do. dont be brainwashed
The government changed the law Clarksons clause now makes it legal for farmers to use their land to diversify like Jeremy without requiring planning permission a lifeline for all British farmers
It just shows how stupid and incompetent these councils are. Has taken many years to get this far which should have been logical from day 1. Next time I ll have to apply for planning to replace my toilet (IN MY OWN HOME!!!!)
@@tomhermens7698 well if your gonna build it in your own unique way and the stench next door is bad then that would be fair, so it always depends. councils also have to be wary of being walked over by big business, it isnt all jeremey clarkesons is it
During the Top Gear years I formed the opinion that Jeremy Clarkson was a self indulgent child who, while hysterically funny, was virtually useless. After watching him work on his farm and coping with the difficulties he encountered that opinion has changed. Clarkson is proving to be the biggest proponent for farmers world wide and he is an inspiration for those that work the land to feed us. He has shown that the mentality of Government must change it's ways and start to help, not hinder, farmers if the world is to survive. Clarkson himself has now proven that despite what has been done in the past that he is a concerned and caring individual. I wish him the best in his endeavors.
Jeremy's greatest skill has always been in knowing how to get his message across in a way that attracts the audience. On British TV, there is no one even close to him at it. Top Gear made him famous, Clarksons Farm is his legacy.
Having just binge watched all three series I cannot commend it highly enough, it is as funny as it is sad. I am truly shocked at the vindictiveness of the local council, sitting before them a golden opportunity to raise awareness of farming life but instead of assisting they did everything possible to use their authoritarian control to shut him down and punish him, along with all that would benefit from his endeavors. Hats off to you Jeremy for having such reserves of tenacity and eye for opportunity. And yes, your tractor is too big!
Clarkson repeatedly lied on his planning applications and acted in bad faith. Take the restaurant barn for example. When they applied for the building for the farm shop, his application said the Owl Barn was unusable and unsafe. When the planning commission denied him building another eyesore of a building, suddenly the owl barn was acceptable. The show is a highly edited highly subjective view of the goings on. All of the council meeting and applications are available online for people to view.
@@granatmof Of course the series is edited to support a narrative, but you make it sound as if he's the only person in the world who's ever had to bend the truth to get through planning application hoops.
@@granatmof you seem to be right at home on the council there... given your name perhaps I should say you seem to be one of the proponents of "rules are rules", or perhaps "befehl ist befehl"?
@@granatmofsome people are the problem, some seek solutions. Most are trying hard to survive. Jeremy is a local, supporting locals, proving a point. There's Naz!z in every council?
Yes and no. In my country we export 80% of what is produced. And because of farmers we can’t build housing. 100.000 houses to short at the moment and it’s expected to go up. We need farmers, we need food. But we don’t need a life stock big enough to export 80%… we need houses, we need a future. We need young people to have a house, to start a family, to have children!
@JosieThenFarmer but the problem with that then see is you end up with a heck lot more demand of food and alot more people. Another problem with that then see, prices go through the roof because of the demand. Hence why it's better to not have loads of people and houses.
Yes but we seem to get the ignore a major point that those in power call a conspiracy..... Geo Engineering or as we can prove it Chemtrails or As Billy G calls it dimming the SUN !!!
They’re mostly incompetent. Most couldn’t organise a p*** up in a brewery. Just like the main government they don’t listen to the public that put the councillors in power in the first place.
Because he's doing and most importantly he's listening to and seeing issues farmers are dealing with, and he has the public recognition to spread the word..
The best way to protect Diddly Squat and all of the farms in the country is for ordinary country people to stand for election to the local councils and to enact the policies that will support ALL farmers.
The UK Government needs to be stopped, it is them that have caused all of this! They have sacrificed UK farmers, workers and the industry for the Allied countries trade deals!
That would be true, if our government actually ran the country. But it doesn't. Our gov are mere puppets and frontmen for the WEF and UN and Corporations. Our gov answer to them who are their bosses, they do not answer to us, the tax payers. Which they should. It's the same in all Western countries. Therefore councils are the same, they answer to their bosses, and not to us, the locals. I'm glad farming has become highlighted for the issue that it is. I need a farmer 3 times a day. I do not need a politician 3 times a day. The covid nonsense showed exactly who was important in our society, and that was farmers, shop assistants and shelf stackers, builders, plumbers, electricians, infrastructure builders, wagon drivers, etc. All the blue collar workers who get stuff done. Politicians are literally bottom of the pile when it comes to who is important in society.
@@PazLeBonhow have we poisoned the land animals and food that’s not us the sewage in waterways is way worse and that’s by sewage companies we poison rats not our own land and animals 😂
We're farmers, and about 16 year's ago we applied for the 3 years temporarily permission while living in a caravan, all we got was endless rejection for anything we applied for, eventually they took me to court for living on our farm without their permission and the judge said i had to move off the farm, i said that that world make us homeless, which he responded "well in that case you’ll have to get the council to put you on the housing list"!!! You couldn't make this up!!! Needless to say, we stayed on our farm and have ignored anything the council says, and the only time that they came onto our farm since then was with a Warrant of entry, i pointed out that it was a fake warrant and that theres a 7 year prison sentence for using fake court documents, that was nearly 5 years ago and ive not heard a peep from them since!
@@andyt2979 there was no court seal, and even though there was a scribble of a signature on it, there was no printed name so not real, I asked one of the enforcement officers who the judge was and she pointed to the other officer and said " Stacey will let you have the name if she wants to". That is a fake warrant, also the chances of the council ever actually getting a real warrant are next to nothing.
@@randydonnalewis4998India own like 4 percent of our water, how do Australians let that happen, I could buy a house in cash and retire if I was in the USA, Australia is crap
As a farmer, I can truly say that the government is my greatest obstacle. Since I don't have endless TV money to fall back on, at the age of 64, I'm giving up. City people will have to learn to eat rocks now.
@benjamindover7399 I only watched the first and second episodes. Purchasing a Lamborghini tractor was a very bad decision. Their were many more bad decision but it was entertaining to watch.
Thankyou Jeremy for opening our eyes to the difficulties in farming.This is the lifeblood of our country , failure is not an option . Councils and government need to wake up fast
1 take that isn't emphasized enough is the dairy farmer. She was kept afloat by selling milk in the Diddly Squat shop when parts of her herd had to be culled from tuberculosis. Clarkson's popularity is a benefit to the farmers around him, and he knows it. He's made moves in his show to feature his neighbors' livestock and struggles. He's made some attempts to green, sustainable farming, such as integrating cows and chickens in an effort to reduce dependency on artificial fertilizer and moving away from monoculture farming.
I believe Clarkson is doing he best and most important work and highlighting the plight of our farmers. I have complete and total respect for farmers I believe they do the most important difficult and challenging job. They feed us for goodness sake. If only the government stayed out of their way it was become a lot easier for them. Brilliant program , go Jeremy.
the council dont care about the area, its personal for them, they would be quick to concrete everything and build a load of houses and slums all over the counryside with planning going through straight away
That's actually what the AONB is meant to prevent and what the council is setup to prevent. They want to keep farmland as beautiful farmland, not a tourist destination full of Clarkson fans who don't shop at any of the other stores.
@@granatmof🤣 yeah that and SSSI mean diddly squat guess what is about to be built all over as a new town while another two expansions to the existing town are being built what was supposedly protected land under binding agreements. The only time they suddenly don't go ahead are when it affects local and national politicians just look at the new housing minister who blocks a building project near him while his colleagues are staying that councils should approve building on farmland. There was farmland I was pretty certain that would be safe close to the town due to the fact it surrounds the sewage plant except they are now building on that with residents complaining about the smell.
@@granatmofnah just say you hate Clarckson, Oxfordshire has plenty of construction projects already, it's not about protecting anything but their interest and the others richies who doesn't have the same scrutiny as Clarckson. That's pretty much mafious it is bending the law in your favor
@@granatmofI doubt that tourists do not go to the other shops. In either case, Carson has brought revenue to the area. Now all it takes is for an enterprising person to make a remote parking lot and a shuttle to the farm shop.
It’s one of the best things that has happened to farming. People totally unrelated to farming are now fully aware of the the massive bureaucratic problems ALL a farmers have in the UK
Carry on Jeremy. You have highlighted all too well the difficulties we have to live with and the ones we have specially created for us by certain types of people......
Its called corporate farming here in the US. They lower or rid subsidies to zero, and when the farmers are upside down, corporations sweep in grab all the farms and tell the farmer they can stay and work their previous land for a salary. Then the government raises the subsidies so that the corporations make the money and plant what is needed based on consumer needs for a higher profit outside the US because they can make more money exporting than selling domestic. They are doing the same thing to healthcare in the US right now. Independent physicians cant survive anymore because of lower reimbursement and higher wages and supplies so they sell out to corporations that get all the grants and government subsidies. Farmers know the bad deal and now healthcare providers are experiencing the shift. Only the government and corporate dealers make the money. Wiping out the middle class.
Indeed ! In France exactly the same happens. Corporates buying up vast amounts of land, destroying life and communities in villages. The railways network was 4x larger 100 years ago, schools are dissapearing, country clinics closed. Only the elderly remain until they fade out. The backside of subsidies is that it keeps the subsidized ones under control (red tape and regulations). The positive side can be indeed keeping social communities independent and your own food, land, nature etc healthy. And indeed the same happens in child care even !! (here in the Netherlands) health care, logistics, book stores etc etc. Globalisation is good for corporates and multinationals. They dont have borders and can shift money, assets and "work" to where it is the cheapest. Ignoring the ones with 1 passport and 1 legal system. They are caged to 1 reality
I think there’s indications that this is a Council against an individual. Their obstructions have been fairly ludicrous. No question Clarkson is a bumbling amateur… but that makes him an ideal sherpa guide for this colossally massive and important topic.
@@mryoung8586 oddly enough its not just the $$$$'s, but often its NIMBYism. A lot of these people have made their coin in the City and moved out to the countryside, where they wish to protect their idealized fantasy of what rural life is suppose to be like often at the expense of those that actually make their living working the land.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 not really. At some points Jeremy filmed his conversation with few of his neighbors, who are actual farmers and were working on their lands long BEFORE Jeremey bought his farm. And they ALL had absolutely the same problems with council and stupid laws.
@@stas_from_haisyn I know, but it took Jeremy, his media profile and Amazon show to get those grievences and problems out into the vaster public domian and shine a very bright light upon them. Until Jeremy came on to the scene, those issues were simply buried and silenced by the local ruling government elites, most if not all of which were not farmer.
Governments need to understand that without farmers there is NO FOOD in shops. I have understood this simple thing since I was 5 years old but politicians have failed to realise this simple truth since the dawn of time. They did understand it during WWII but forgot about it in a few short years.
The reduction of Britain's Farmland and consequential effects upon our Farming Communities, are the consequences of apparently treasonous Politicians and their machinations.
It's not that they don't understand of course they do, it's that they don't care. They don't want local produce they want globalist corporations. Keep unfettered local healthy food unobtainabley expensive but the same food bought and ultra processed into poisonous unhealthy mass produced crap cheap making nothing for farmers but billions for their corporate paymasters.
What I care about most from this show is seeing the struggling neighbouring farmers benefit from the collective network that Jeremy sought to set up in season 2. I really hope they're doing better than they were.
Aside from all the glitz, Clarkson is pointing a potential way farming can be transformed in order to serve local and regional markets. In this arena diversity really is strength. It will be tough for heavily invested conventional farmers to make the necessary changes, but it must happen if we are to feed ourselves. The conservatism of local authorities and the globalist project of destroying farming, makes the transformation in food production a herculean task. We all need to play our part in supporting farmers in this evolution.
I wish you well. People who sit in an office who know nothing about Farming should get off their backsides and go to Farms and see the hard work Farmers do. What would we do without our Farmers. Starve. Thank you all Farmers for what you do. You have my total respect. xxxxx
Hopefully having Clarkson on tv showing the government and councils up they will have to start being less biased and start doing better for the farmers and the people of the UK
To the owner of this channel: you have either intentionally ignored the programs being instituted by the World Economic Forum and other NGOs, to gain control of food as a means of controlling people; or you are woefully ignorant. This isn't just about old ideas vs. new ideas, and difficult city councils. This is a sinister effort by very powerful people to destroy private farms and private property.
I’m surprised that no one has commented this. The politicians are all working for WEF and the globalists EU or not. They want to get rid of the farmers. Your government is as much in it as the rest of EU:s politicians. Sad that so few understand this.
That's not overreach in my book it's a total Breach of the Constitution And I don't mean the Bastardized version the Corporate CRIMINALS amended Illegally without a REFERENDUM.
Great work Jeremy. Keep plugging for the wonderful Farmers. It'a tough now, but your strength will see it through. GOOD times are not too far away. As long as you are fighting for what's right & good & your heart is genuine, then you and your family will be looked after 🙏
anytime one has to get permission to use his own land for his own benefit by another who has no investment in said land, one can be certain he will come out on the short end. Ronald Reagan said it best: "The nine scariest words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you."' When is the last time you saw the government ever do anything FOR someone rather than prevent one from doing something for himself.
Laws need to passed to remove the councils from having any authority over Farmers ... the councils Authority and domain should be limited to residential areas in towns and villages ... councils having any say in rural areas outside of the actual town is an abuse of power ... and results in total overreach by people who have nothing better to do than make everyone around them slaves to their own emotional hangups ... Many thanks to MR Jeremy Clarkson and his team for fighting for the rights of the common man and farmers world wide ... From A New New Zealand Farmer and member of GROUNDSWELL NEW ZEALAND .
Long time fan of Britain’s “Three Stooges as the Three Musketeers” from Top Gear! 😂😂😂😂😂 I have worked as a farmhand in my youth in rural TX, including Dairy, start milking at 4:00am, Grain harvest, and Hay Harvest. We have a group in rural TX high schools called the “Future Farmers of America” and they produce some impressive results. Our family was primarily supported by heavy haul trucking, but we also had pigs, a milk cow and bull calf, chickens, and a garden that was a *constant* battle. (I thought a sign at one huge Milo Maize field up the road was particularly appropriate: “Site of the daily *Dust Bowl* game-Farmers vs. Gophers.”) We had to contend with pests like coyotes and wild dog packs living in the river bottom, so we’d saddle up our horses and hunt them, with shotguns and pistols, or we’d lose our livestock. Never had a problem with a “Council,” but if 100+ angry farmers, still wearing sidearms in “Open Carry” fashion after a hunt, came to a meeting restricting their rights to farm on THEIR LAND, I daresay the restrictions would be lifted. Due to the UK being run by know-nothings in office and arrogant busybodies in these Councils, I’d say you need a 2nd Amendment too! The first thing dictators take away us the freedom to defend oneself.
We had similar problems getting our wind turbines approved at our farm. Only 2 that were only a little taller than a farm shed. Secluded, outskirts of the village, quiet and generated power for us, our neighbours and the national grid. We were denied by career complainers who said they spoilt the natural beauty of the village. The village isn't even within view of the horizon.
80k pounds profit with millions invested in land and machinery. If that money was put in the bank you would make more without even having to work. This is why younger generations don’t want to farm. It’s up to us old geezers retiring from the city to take this up just like he did. I think despite the low pay the manual labor and being in nature is a much better lifestyle than grinding in the city at a desk in some meaningless job working for someone else.
What do you mean it’s not 80k profit it’s 80k income that then has to go back into everything for next year like the fuel vehicle damages and breakdowns fert seed sprays etc and what do you mean the younger generation don’t want to farm I do and many I know do
I think he originally bought the farm as a tax dodge and publicity stunt. But watching him through the three series, it's clearly mattered more and more to him. I think it's changed him fundamentally as a person - very much for the better. Unfortunately the people living around him don't agree and seem to want him to fail. I can understand they don't want the roads blocked by visitors to the farm but it would be more sensible for him to be helped in his endeavour, particularly as he's championing local food, by allowing him to have a proper car park and facilities for visitors.
I guess most villagers are affluent oldies who want to live in 'ye olde chocolate box england' and don't actually care about other peoples livelihoods. Great show.
I love watching “Clarkson’s Farm”!!! I really enjoy the insight it gives into the process of running a farm, and how it all ties into everyone’s lives. I feel it also shows the dangers of large and grossly bureaucratic government.
What a great report and oversight of this program. Very interesting. Underneath Jeremy Clarkson there is a strong determined man that is a very serious person I thank him for being both funny and serious and long may this guy live a health and safe life and deserves his succusses even though at time I disagree with him but is a dam good guy.
We tried to get planning for a barn conversion on our farm it took 3 years to get permission and it’s still not even being worked on cause of other stuff
if he finally is permitted to build a parking Lot, could he set up roofs above, with solar panels, rainwater collection, hailstorm- and flood water- protection, and shadow for hot summer days? The city authorities want "green", but in their ignorant, practically inexperienced authority achieve the opposite!
Thank you Jeremy for giving both councils and bureaucracy a swift kick in the backside, maybe they will drag their selves into the twenty First century, all be it kicking and screaming, you have open the door a little, the battle is not over there is still a lot to do, I wish you and the rest of the campaigners the best of luck with your endeavours.
well yes and no..plenty of drought relif, flood and fire relief... but no direct subsidies... unlike the rest of the world. they live off government support and steal our markets. then they say the way we sell eg wheat is uncompetitive... ahhhaahahahah
Spoke to a retired farmer who thinks Jeremy Clarkson has done more for farming than the NFU has for decades. Im not a Farmer but i have had dealings with local councils. I have found the planning appeal system works extremely well. Because the council is not involved in that independent decision.
This shows me that the United States is not the only country that has a political swamp. God bless the farmers of the U.K. Better than that, God bless the farmers all over the world. It always amazes me how people who don't know what they are doing want to control those that do. We need our farmers a lot more than we need our politicians.
Jeremy's experience might have as much to do with the local council's desire to stick it to him as the issues farmers are facing now. Often times Charlie can point to other farmers being allowed to (insert whatever task such as a farm track). If you dig, there are horrible stories from all over the world. Governments aren't just making it difficult for farmers. They are attempting to strip them of their livelihood and pry the land from their hands. This puts everyone's future in jeopardy. It isn't the TV news sharing these stories. They are complicit.
In East Anglia, which is a renouned farming area, there seems to be no problem if you want a solar farm on thousands of acres of top quality food producing land.
imho this is quite the respectable glow up for our old top gear/grand tour friend keep it up Mr. Clarkson! I Hope this inspires and reinvigorate American and Canadian Farmers as well
I love what Jeremy is teaching society, the show is lots of fun too. 4 years ago on a very limited budget I decided to start my off grid farming enterprise, its been alot of work, we've faced tough and rough situations and we have pushed on forward abnd onward. This year I secured more land and am planting a variety of fruit trees, peppers and a range of natural, local, non gmo food crops. The locals have joined me on this journey to sustainable organic farming and food security. Humanity has the right to food, shelter and water. Government along with big corps have tried to create famines though ridiculous policies and excessive taxes. You got to be wondering why, if you are u suggest you start paying attention before it's too late.
I live in Northumberland - a semi rural area of stunning beauty. Councils are perfectly happy with houses being built on the landscape and yet are anti-farmer at the same time.
If the UK citizens and farmers want to support farming produce and eat UK grown food, they have to change the import of cheep foods from the Americas and Australasia. Stop what the Brexit deal actually done! That deal let's these countries on the other side of planet import meat into the UK which the UK farmer can't compete with and at the same time the UK government makes it harder and more costly for the UK farmer. UK needs to change this.
Australian and Kiwi farmers get no subsidies. With more arable land per head of population, I think that a place still exists for Aus/NZ farmers to help feed the people of Britain (who are in large part, our own blood ancestors). Certain foods can be produced here, easier and cheaper than in Britain. (Some foods like Citrus fruits/oranges, and Avocados, are not grown in England at all, (other than by enthusiasts in greenhouses). Shipping by, well, Ships, when done in bulk is surprisingly energy and cost-efficient. In a perfect world, yes most foods should come from close to one's own home (but then, arguably, in a perfect world, the population of the entire greater British Isles should only be 10 Million people maximum anyway). Farmers in Aus/NZ have significant challenges also. Some related to climate, (as lands of "drought, and flooding rains" a quote from 150 years ago). Rare pests and diseases, bacteria or fungi are slowly spreading throughout the world. The single one commercial variety of Bananas has already had to be changed once in my lifetime (I recall bananas 50 years ago were different) and the current main commercial crop variety is coming to an end as disease again goes through major banana growing areas of the world, as plant research scientists struggle to find a disease resistant type, which is suitable for large scale commercial growth.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma talking about UK farmers and citizens here ! Not down under. UK farmers are being priced out of there own market by the UK government! Farmers have been cutting back on what they produce for some time now. Uk government have deliberately made deals with these other countries to satisfy there agenda, aus, NZ, u.s and UK governments amongst others are in a war with China over Taiwan and the surrounding area that's why there is allied forces in Australia and New Zealand. That is why UK farmers have had there throats cut, because of the deal between these government allies. You have turned this conversation around as if it's about you! It's about the UK citizens and farmers. UK farmers and citizens should come first ! When it's about there food supply, about there lively hood, about there land and animals ! It's not about you and how well you can produce food on the other side of the world as cheaply as possible.
@@kjellrogerjgensen60 that is the problem! The governments are making what is a basic necessity in your own country a Global problem/nightmare. If you make it too expensive to grow food in your own country, red tape, legislation pricing you out of business and import from countries on the other side of the world your doomed. It also destroys the way of life around that farm. It drives local workers out of farming and the companies and farmers employ workers from over seas and cheaper rates and they can make them work longer and harder. NZ is bad for that and is going to get worse especially the farms and company's under the Frontera foot.This whole Globalisation thing is destroying communities and businesses and way of life all over the planet. And what makes it worse these governments and protesters on climate change, global warming, wild life and nature being destroyed by human industrialisation , sea level s etc etc are caused by this global industry of transporting food and goods all over the world at the cost of nature/environment and local communities expense. In the UK it goes further than that, in other industries and business, companies a lot of them owned by oversea companies are directly not employing UK workers, but are employing Portuguese workers to do the work in the UK, that's an example of one big power company owned by the Spanish! Globalization destroying people's for the massive profits of the global companie.
I'm just a gardener and the things i go through getting things to grow where i live can be infuriating, i can't even imagine what it would be like on the scale of a farm AND you have government giving problems.
His local council never liked him living in Chipping Norton. They don't like the fact he ain't this prim and proper posh twat. He rocks the boat and him becoming a farmer really made them have a shit fit. Honesty I wasn't expecting him to take it seriously but man he has and has taught the public about how farmers are being screwed over and that the farmers weren't not lying or exaggerating the realty of their business and job. Much like motoring shows we need the entertaining 'fun' ones as Andy Willman stated and the 'boring' ones like Countryfile.
Most management models are reductionist, which does not work for managing complex environments as found in farming and national parks etc. Training in Holistic mamagement makes it easier to deal with environmental compexities, many farmers and ranches worldwide have improved their businesses and lifestyle by training in Holistic management, especially many who initially were sceptical, but adopted managing the whole, out of desperation, often due to facing bankruptcy.
On the surface farming isn't complicated, just like getting a cargo or fighter plane to fly isn't. The cost of Land, Machinery (and it's really complicated and expensive now), Government red tape (such as compliance and water extraction), and the inputs into the ground, plus the high cost of Labour, make farming a very expensive and complicated venture. And that's before you factor in uncontrollable variables like weather. All of that is before you try to sell to corporations that want your product cheaper than ever before because they tell you they can get it cheaper overseas. If farming was put forward as a business proposal, I doubt many would be successful in getting finance. BTW I'm not a farmer but I understand the economics.
Across all business enterprises, marketing is most often the biggest, most important challenge to overcome. It's where the revenue comes from, revenue directly impacts all facets of operation.
@@somebloke5565 well in East anglia all I see is massive farmers reaping what they sow. And actually scientists are developing food where sadly we won't need grain and veg growers, and I love farming.
@@tiermacgirl you can have a huge conservatory made of a uPVC frame but mostly glass walls and ceiling. its still a conservatory but has the same effect as a greenhouse. but its part of the house, or at least a glass extension
Jeremy is a great guy and done a huge boost to farmers. He deserves a Knighthood but don't hold your breath, he is just too honest and doesn't have mardy attacks and smashes his rackets.
It was called "Diddly Squat" because that's how much money made, its an English way of saying you got nothing when you were generally expecting a lot more.
Well sone diddlysqaut, l know you will be good for years to come. Once labour and councils are told to behave themselves. Bring on Reform and sensible questuons and culture returns.
Im a farmer in south african and i can tell you all that our government even before 1994, has never helped the farmers even if the agriculture section is the 2de biggest income for south africa. Where as the mining industry is the biggest income for south africa and does get support from the government. Wonder what will happen if all the farmers in the world suddenly stop producing food. How long will it take for the people in the world to starve
I love this show and support the farmers of the world. You'd better DEFEAT this ONE WORLD destructive policy (s) or it'll be the END as we know it. I'll be gone, but you "jiggle heads" living in your virtual worlds, will wake up one day and be freezing, sweating, hungry and just play lost and MAD! FAMILY AND FARMERS are being taken away!
I'm glad Jeremy succeeded. We need more farmers and they need to be able to generate new forms of revenue. But this video should be about 3-4 minutes. I can't believe the amount of repetition. Holy Crap!
The problems created by power hungry local government officers extend far beyond farming. Local government is supposed to be helping small local businesses. The truth of it is the total opposite.
Very interesting documentary and well worth watching… cheers from West Africa 👍 and best of luck to all farmers ……. all of humanity needs your perseverance - thankyou !
All Farms should have a farm shop. All over the UK! Moreover, why is our country taking part in the New World Oder? We left the EU and didn't have to take part in it! Leave our Farmers alone! No one knows better to take care of land than farmers.
It shows how councils should not be allowed to act like a police state, especially when something is occurring in their back yard that they don't agree with.
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I’m a farmer, the main obstacle to farming is not weather, hard work, machinery brake-downs… it actually is the government, city councils, bureaucracy…
id say it was the larger farmers themselves that sold out the public for supermarket profits and destroyed the land and nature and filled the enimals full of chemicals and gave us cancers.. or were they not part of all that?? they are just the poor animal lovers and land owners at governments mercy. yeah right. they are still using weed-killers etc on clarksons farm. should swap every one of them out for new young folk to start fixing it all. people are so naive
You are SOOOOOOOO right. Busybodies that know nothing want to rule you.
It's that way with basically every industry. The government should have very little power over business.
@@jonathonedeliant2163 oh sure, just let the corporations all do what they want. dont be naive
@@tomhermens7698 no,they thee to protect us, dont let the current charlatans in goverment make you forget that. big business doesnt care about you or the planet many people in politics are actually in it because they do. dont be brainwashed
His show truly shows how governments do not operate for the people of their country.
well, i cant argue with that, but same csan be said about the farmers too
@@PazLeBon a farmers whole existence is to provide for the people.
@@Nathanhiggerz so the public decided they wanted pesticides and weedkillers in thier food?
@@thegeneral1955 not on that farm, it isnt organic :) in fact they are killing the land
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Clarkson highlights the nonsense, but the stupidity in government continues.
It's because they need to feed their children too 😉
@@MrD_2112Their university education, education, education turns them into parasites.
@@MrD_2112 And 2 feed their evil greeed.
@@MrD_2112please tell me youre joking. 💀💀
@@wewya.Government producess nothing, hence why government is more akin to parasites.
Take from others ( taxes ) to function.
The government changed the law Clarksons clause now makes it legal for farmers to use their land to diversify like Jeremy without requiring planning permission a lifeline for all British farmers
Is this true?
it totally depends
So they can turn their land into an amusement park? A racetrack?
It just shows how stupid and incompetent these councils are. Has taken many years to get this far which should have been logical from day 1. Next time I ll have to apply for planning to replace my toilet (IN MY OWN HOME!!!!)
@@tomhermens7698 well if your gonna build it in your own unique way and the stench next door is bad then that would be fair, so it always depends. councils also have to be wary of being walked over by big business, it isnt all jeremey clarkesons is it
During the Top Gear years I formed the opinion that Jeremy Clarkson was a self indulgent child who, while hysterically funny, was virtually useless. After watching him work on his farm and coping with the difficulties he encountered that opinion has changed. Clarkson is proving to be the biggest proponent for farmers world wide and he is an inspiration for those that work the land to feed us. He has shown that the mentality of Government must change it's ways and start to help, not hinder, farmers if the world is to survive. Clarkson himself has now proven that despite what has been done in the past that he is a concerned and caring individual. I wish him the best in his endeavors.
Do you remember when Jeremy went to nasa for topgear? Titled (nasa made it rain!
He was tho.
But people changed, you know.
They can be mature (but for some that's not the case)
Jeremy's greatest skill has always been in knowing how to get his message across in a way that attracts the audience. On British TV, there is no one even close to him at it. Top Gear made him famous, Clarksons Farm is his legacy.
The Manegerial class hates oppertunity.
They only want predictability.
Predictability they can never have...so they must have more rules.
I totally agree with all the sentiments. He is the best thing that’s ever happened to British farming. He actually does give a shit. He really does.
Having just binge watched all three series I cannot commend it highly enough, it is as funny as it is sad. I am truly shocked at the vindictiveness of the local council, sitting before them a golden opportunity to raise awareness of farming life but instead of assisting they did everything possible to use their authoritarian control to shut him down and punish him, along with all that would benefit from his endeavors. Hats off to you Jeremy for having such reserves of tenacity and eye for opportunity. And yes, your tractor is too big!
Clarkson repeatedly lied on his planning applications and acted in bad faith. Take the restaurant barn for example. When they applied for the building for the farm shop, his application said the Owl Barn was unusable and unsafe. When the planning commission denied him building another eyesore of a building, suddenly the owl barn was acceptable. The show is a highly edited highly subjective view of the goings on. All of the council meeting and applications are available online for people to view.
@@granatmof Where can one access these online transcripts?
@@granatmof Of course the series is edited to support a narrative, but you make it sound as if he's the only person in the world who's ever had to bend the truth to get through planning application hoops.
@@granatmof you seem to be right at home on the council there... given your name perhaps I should say you seem to be one of the proponents of "rules are rules", or perhaps "befehl ist befehl"?
@@granatmofsome people are the problem, some seek solutions. Most are trying hard to survive. Jeremy is a local, supporting locals, proving a point. There's Naz!z in every council?
No farmers, no food, no future. Support our farmers. ❤
Brainwashed 'net zero', etc, fools believe otherwise. We are so f*kd. Farmers know what they are doing!
Government: you far right thug
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Yes and no. In my country we export 80% of what is produced.
And because of farmers we can’t build housing. 100.000 houses to short at the moment and it’s expected to go up.
We need farmers, we need food. But we don’t need a life stock big enough to export 80%… we need houses, we need a future. We need young people to have a house, to start a family, to have children!
@JosieThenFarmer but the problem with that then see is you end up with a heck lot more demand of food and alot more people.
Another problem with that then see, prices go through the roof because of the demand. Hence why it's better to not have loads of people and houses.
The UK could be self sufficient in food if officialdom let farmers do their jobs.
But they dont want that. They want the people and Countrys being dependent on the people in crontrol.
Yes but we seem to get the ignore a major point that those in power call a conspiracy..... Geo Engineering or as we can prove it Chemtrails or As Billy G calls it dimming the SUN !!!
Often thought the same.
Same here in Poland and in EuroKolkhoz
Same in Germany - but our "Green" Polititians even REDUCED the Help
I never seem to hear anything good about councils...
I agree, but is good for the media
Jumped up control freaks. Will of the people? What's that?
That's because there isn't anything good with councils.
They’re mostly incompetent. Most couldn’t organise a p*** up in a brewery. Just like the main government they don’t listen to the public that put the councillors in power in the first place.
@@ronniefreedom1918 And council tax is a complete rip-off. More and more for less and less every year.
Because he's doing and most importantly he's listening to and seeing issues farmers are dealing with, and he has the public recognition to spread the word..
He has brought awareness to the public.A great gift.
The best way to protect Diddly Squat and all of the farms in the country is for ordinary country people to stand for election to the local councils and to enact the policies that will support ALL farmers.
All politics is local.
The UK Government needs to be stopped, it is them that have caused all of this! They have sacrificed UK farmers, workers and the industry for the Allied countries trade deals!
The problem in that is if they are working in government they dont have time to do their actual work.
Problem is that the locals were resistant to the changes Jezzer wanted to implement, so went on to lobby the local council against them.
@@MikepetMy thoughts exactly.
It is all to do with government overreach, each time an election takes place it gets worse. That applies to all governments.
and lets not forget the councils they are worst !!!!
Those whom seek power, should never be given it.@patriot77185
That would be true, if our government actually ran the country. But it doesn't. Our gov are mere puppets and frontmen for the WEF and UN and Corporations. Our gov answer to them who are their bosses, they do not answer to us, the tax payers. Which they should. It's the same in all Western countries.
Therefore councils are the same, they answer to their bosses, and not to us, the locals.
I'm glad farming has become highlighted for the issue that it is.
I need a farmer 3 times a day.
I do not need a politician 3 times a day.
The covid nonsense showed exactly who was important in our society, and that was farmers, shop assistants and shelf stackers, builders, plumbers, electricians, infrastructure builders, wagon drivers, etc. All the blue collar workers who get stuff done. Politicians are literally bottom of the pile when it comes to who is important in society.
That's because their all Bought, Blackmailed or INDOCTRINATED & we the people can't SACK these criminals.
Clarkson has opened many eyes. I didn't give him any credence until I watched Diddly Squat. We are now aware what the farmers have problems with.
Farmers feed us, without food we die. It is an inconvenient fact
what about the problems they have caused themselves? with poisons in our animals, land and food?
@@PazLeBon Who offered them those poisons and for wich reasons???
@@markschattefor6997 its always profits mate
@@PazLeBonhow have we poisoned the land animals and food that’s not us the sewage in waterways is way worse and that’s by sewage companies we poison rats not our own land and animals 😂
We're farmers, and about 16 year's ago we applied for the 3 years temporarily permission while living in a caravan, all we got was endless rejection for anything we applied for, eventually they took me to court for living on our farm without their permission and the judge said i had to move off the farm, i said that that world make us homeless, which he responded "well in that case you’ll have to get the council to put you on the housing list"!!! You couldn't make this up!!! Needless to say, we stayed on our farm and have ignored anything the council says, and the only time that they came onto our farm since then was with a Warrant of entry, i pointed out that it was a fake warrant and that theres a 7 year prison sentence for using fake court documents, that was nearly 5 years ago and ive not heard a peep from them since!
Well done!! Bullies
Out of interest, how did you know it was a fake warrant?
@@andyt2979 there was no court seal, and even though there was a scribble of a signature on it, there was no printed name so not real, I asked one of the enforcement officers who the judge was and she pointed to the other officer and said " Stacey will let you have the name if she wants to". That is a fake warrant, also the chances of the council ever actually getting a real warrant are next to nothing.
The establishment don't like him because he's a clever, well loved maverick. Rock on Jezza!!!
It's his genius
Council here in Australia are an unconstitutional blight on our landscape.
Unless your a Chinese land owner
Sooo true...
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It's the same here, nothing but a shower of status seeking freeloading bludgers.
@@randydonnalewis4998India own like 4 percent of our water, how do Australians let that happen, I could buy a house in cash and retire if I was in the USA, Australia is crap
As a farmer, I can truly say that the government is my greatest obstacle. Since I don't have endless TV money to fall back on, at the age of 64, I'm giving up. City people will have to learn to eat rocks now.
I am a desk worker and hate my job .
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He's trying to change things
He clearly admits he'd be screwed without TV money.
@benjamindover7399 I only watched the first and second episodes. Purchasing a Lamborghini tractor was a very bad decision.
Their were many more bad decision but it was entertaining to watch.
Thankyou Jeremy for opening our eyes to the difficulties in farming.This is the lifeblood of our country , failure is not an option . Councils and government need to wake up fast
1 take that isn't emphasized enough is the dairy farmer. She was kept afloat by selling milk in the Diddly Squat shop when parts of her herd had to be culled from tuberculosis. Clarkson's popularity is a benefit to the farmers around him, and he knows it. He's made moves in his show to feature his neighbors' livestock and struggles. He's made some attempts to green, sustainable farming, such as integrating cows and chickens in an effort to reduce dependency on artificial fertilizer and moving away from monoculture farming.
Glad to hear he's done some good; despite his huge contribution to encouraging pollution and arrogance.
@@oliviastar3812 Seems like you have some of that arrogance in heaps to throw around. Perhaps your computer/cellphone is made of unicorn farts.
@@oliviastar3812 If u look for farm industry they can roll coal everyday and still gonna be behind private planes.
I believe Clarkson is doing he best and most important work and highlighting the plight of our farmers. I have complete and total respect for farmers I believe they do the most important difficult and challenging job. They feed us for goodness sake. If only the government stayed out of their way it was become a lot easier for them. Brilliant program , go Jeremy.
the council dont care about the area, its personal for them, they would be quick to concrete everything and build a load of houses and slums all over the counryside with planning going through straight away
Windmills and Solar farms
That's actually what the AONB is meant to prevent and what the council is setup to prevent. They want to keep farmland as beautiful farmland, not a tourist destination full of Clarkson fans who don't shop at any of the other stores.
@@granatmof🤣 yeah that and SSSI mean diddly squat guess what is about to be built all over as a new town while another two expansions to the existing town are being built what was supposedly protected land under binding agreements. The only time they suddenly don't go ahead are when it affects local and national politicians just look at the new housing minister who blocks a building project near him while his colleagues are staying that councils should approve building on farmland. There was farmland I was pretty certain that would be safe close to the town due to the fact it surrounds the sewage plant except they are now building on that with residents complaining about the smell.
@@granatmofnah just say you hate Clarckson, Oxfordshire has plenty of construction projects already, it's not about protecting anything but their interest and the others richies who doesn't have the same scrutiny as Clarckson. That's pretty much mafious it is bending the law in your favor
@@granatmofI doubt that tourists do not go to the other shops. In either case, Carson has brought revenue to the area. Now all it takes is for an enterprising person to make a remote parking lot and a shuttle to the farm shop.
It’s one of the best things that has happened to farming. People totally unrelated to farming are now fully aware of the the massive bureaucratic problems ALL a farmers have in the UK
I'm getting fed up with these AI generated videos with random photos.
Using the Clarkson name in order to get thousands of views for their own benefit.
yep.
so are the rest of us, real vids won't last much longer mate
What do you mean? Everybody I know says "bought a one" ... "zero zero zero acre farm".
Don't watch
A one zero zero zero acre farm? Fucking ChatGPT and AI voiced content...
Terrible presentation, and most of the pictures are nothing to do with his farm...more like switzerland.
Sounds like he got ripped off for a 1 acre farm. But, I guess he bought a 1,000 acre farm.
I despise AI and usually block any channels that have AI voiced crap.
Do people really find it difficult to read a script to narrate a video?
@@darrenlee2775 I guess they think the AI voice sounds better than theirs.
@@darrenlee2775 It must be cheaper.
Carry on Jeremy. You have highlighted all too well the difficulties we have to live with and the ones we have specially created for us by certain types of people......
Its called corporate farming here in the US. They lower or rid subsidies to zero, and when the farmers are upside down, corporations sweep in grab all the farms and tell the farmer they can stay and work their previous land for a salary. Then the government raises the subsidies so that the corporations make the money and plant what is needed based on consumer needs for a higher profit outside the US because they can make more money exporting than selling domestic. They are doing the same thing to healthcare in the US right now. Independent physicians cant survive anymore because of lower reimbursement and higher wages and supplies so they sell out to corporations that get all the grants and government subsidies. Farmers know the bad deal and now healthcare providers are experiencing the shift. Only the government and corporate dealers make the money. Wiping out the middle class.
Oh you are so right on this!
Indeed ! In France exactly the same happens. Corporates buying up vast amounts of land, destroying life and communities in villages. The railways network was 4x larger 100 years ago, schools are dissapearing, country clinics closed. Only the elderly remain until they fade out.
The backside of subsidies is that it keeps the subsidized ones under control (red tape and regulations). The positive side can be indeed keeping social communities independent and your own food, land, nature etc healthy. And indeed the same happens in child care even !! (here in the Netherlands) health care, logistics, book stores etc etc. Globalisation is good for corporates and multinationals. They dont have borders and can shift money, assets and "work" to where it is the cheapest. Ignoring the ones with 1 passport and 1 legal system. They are caged to 1 reality
I think there’s indications that this is a Council against an individual. Their obstructions have been fairly ludicrous. No question Clarkson is a bumbling amateur… but that makes him an ideal sherpa guide for this colossally massive and important topic.
We all need LESS GOVERNMENT in our lives.
Govern ourselves
We need to go back to 1960s when Britain was Britain not this bloody great world and European crap it is now
The problem is not Europe, it is politicians. Of any kind.
@@IngmarBooij Who run Europe.
Some people still believe in Brexitus.
What does that mean. There are certain parts of the 60ties I do not want to go anywhere near.
Brexit. I thought the UK had left the EU.
If they were truly conservative, they would have approved Jeremy's requests
There are conservatives and then there are conservatives.........they are not all the same or have the same goals......
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 I guess when it is the politicians and not the people, for sure. Especially when $$$$ is involved
@@mryoung8586 oddly enough its not just the $$$$'s, but often its NIMBYism. A lot of these people have made their coin in the City and moved out to the countryside, where they wish to protect their idealized fantasy of what rural life is suppose to be like often at the expense of those that actually make their living working the land.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 not really. At some points Jeremy filmed his conversation with few of his neighbors, who are actual farmers and were working on their lands long BEFORE Jeremey bought his farm. And they ALL had absolutely the same problems with council and stupid laws.
@@stas_from_haisyn I know, but it took Jeremy, his media profile and Amazon show to get those grievences and problems out into the vaster public domian and shine a very bright light upon them.
Until Jeremy came on to the scene, those issues were simply buried and silenced by the local ruling government elites, most if not all of which were not farmer.
Governments need to understand that without farmers there is NO FOOD in shops.
I have understood this simple thing since I was 5 years old but politicians have failed to realise this simple truth since the dawn of time.
They did understand it during WWII but forgot about it in a few short years.
The reduction of Britain's Farmland and consequential effects upon our Farming Communities, are the consequences of apparently treasonous Politicians and their machinations.
Two Tier Keir will be no better - there's no farms in Islington, only son of tool factory owners... oops I meant toolmakers sons
It's not that they don't understand of course they do, it's that they don't care. They don't want local produce they want globalist corporations. Keep unfettered local healthy food unobtainabley expensive but the same food bought and ultra processed into poisonous unhealthy mass produced crap cheap making nothing for farmers but billions for their corporate paymasters.
What I care about most from this show is seeing the struggling neighbouring farmers benefit from the collective network that Jeremy sought to set up in season 2. I really hope they're doing better than they were.
Good for him! He is tough and determined, and I admire that.
He should be primeminister
I wouldn't go that far, but I get your point.
I can’t imagine Jeremy wanting any part of politics. He’s had enough dealings in his battle against the local government.
I cannot see Jezza as a politician
He has the diplomacy of a flying mallet
bye bye speed limits
He'd be a far better PM than many we've had. I'd vote for him.
Aside from all the glitz, Clarkson is pointing a potential way farming can be transformed in order to serve local and regional markets. In this arena diversity really is strength. It will be tough for heavily invested conventional farmers to make the necessary changes, but it must happen if we are to feed ourselves. The conservatism of local authorities and the globalist project of destroying farming, makes the transformation in food production a herculean task. We all need to play our part in supporting farmers in this evolution.
I wish you well. People who sit in an office who know nothing about Farming should get off their backsides and go to Farms and see the hard work Farmers do. What would we do without our Farmers. Starve. Thank you all Farmers for what you do. You have my total respect. xxxxx
Hopefully having Clarkson on tv showing the government and councils up they will have to start being less biased and start doing better for the farmers and the people of the UK
To the owner of this channel: you have either intentionally ignored the programs being instituted by the World Economic Forum and other NGOs, to gain control of food as a means of controlling people; or you are woefully ignorant. This isn't just about old ideas vs. new ideas, and difficult city councils. This is a sinister effort by very powerful people to destroy private farms and private property.
I’m surprised that no one has commented this. The politicians are all working for WEF and the globalists EU or not. They want to get rid of the farmers. Your government is as much in it as the rest of EU:s politicians. Sad that so few understand this.
The amount of government overreach and intervention with agriculture is staggering.
That's not overreach in my book it's a total Breach of the Constitution And I don't mean the Bastardized version the Corporate CRIMINALS amended Illegally without a REFERENDUM.
Great work Jeremy. Keep plugging for the wonderful Farmers. It'a tough now, but your strength will see it through. GOOD times are not too far away. As long as you are fighting for what's right & good & your heart is genuine, then you and your family will be looked after 🙏
anytime one has to get permission to use his own land for his own benefit by another who has no investment in said land, one can be certain he will come out on the short end. Ronald Reagan said it best: "The nine scariest words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you."'
When is the last time you saw the government ever do anything FOR someone rather than prevent one from doing something for himself.
Councils want to preserve the landscape. That's why we see them build windmills and solar farms all over the country.
And what an eyesore they look .
Yes. Trrrible. Why can’t they put them in towns and cities.
Laws need to passed to remove the councils from having any authority over Farmers ... the councils Authority and domain should be limited to residential areas in towns and villages ... councils having any say in rural areas outside of the actual town is an abuse of power ... and results in total overreach by people who have nothing better to do than make everyone around them slaves to their own emotional hangups ...
Many thanks to MR Jeremy Clarkson and his team for fighting for the rights of the common man and farmers world wide ... From A New New Zealand Farmer and member of GROUNDSWELL NEW ZEALAND .
They have things called rural district councils in the UK. Then they have county councils. Then you have the govt. Dept. Of agriculture etc.
Long time fan of Britain’s “Three Stooges as the Three Musketeers” from Top Gear! 😂😂😂😂😂
I have worked as a farmhand in my youth in rural TX, including Dairy, start milking at 4:00am, Grain harvest, and Hay Harvest. We have a group in rural TX high schools called the “Future Farmers of America” and they produce some impressive results.
Our family was primarily supported by heavy haul trucking, but we also had pigs, a milk cow and bull calf, chickens, and a garden that was a *constant* battle. (I thought a sign at one huge Milo Maize field up the road was particularly appropriate: “Site of the daily *Dust Bowl* game-Farmers vs. Gophers.”)
We had to contend with pests like coyotes and wild dog packs living in the river bottom, so we’d saddle up our horses and hunt them, with shotguns and pistols, or we’d lose our livestock.
Never had a problem with a “Council,” but if 100+ angry farmers, still wearing sidearms in “Open Carry” fashion after a hunt, came to a meeting restricting their rights to farm on THEIR LAND, I daresay the restrictions would be lifted.
Due to the UK being run by know-nothings in office and arrogant busybodies in these Councils, I’d say you need a 2nd Amendment too!
The first thing dictators take away us the freedom to defend oneself.
My grandpa always said the only way to make a million dollars farming is to start with 2 million dollars
Yep, the way to make a small fortune, it to start farming with a big fortune. I know.
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damn my grandma told me same like u lol
Clarkson is a national treasure, we are all proud of him.
We had similar problems getting our wind turbines approved at our farm. Only 2 that were only a little taller than a farm shed. Secluded, outskirts of the village, quiet and generated power for us, our neighbours and the national grid. We were denied by career complainers who said they spoilt the natural beauty of the village. The village isn't even within view of the horizon.
80k pounds profit with millions invested in land and machinery. If that money was put in the bank you would make more without even having to work. This is why younger generations don’t want to farm. It’s up to us old geezers retiring from the city to take this up just like he did. I think despite the low pay the manual labor and being in nature is a much better lifestyle than grinding in the city at a desk in some meaningless job working for someone else.
Isn't all food in the UK imported?
@@موسى_7no it’s about like 40% or 60% something like that
What do you mean it’s not 80k profit it’s 80k income that then has to go back into everything for next year like the fuel vehicle damages and breakdowns fert seed sprays etc and what do you mean the younger generation don’t want to farm I do and many I know do
@@موسى_7no, stupid .
I think he originally bought the farm as a tax dodge and publicity stunt. But watching him through the three series, it's clearly mattered more and more to him. I think it's changed him fundamentally as a person - very much for the better. Unfortunately the people living around him don't agree and seem to want him to fail. I can understand they don't want the roads blocked by visitors to the farm but it would be more sensible for him to be helped in his endeavour, particularly as he's championing local food, by allowing him to have a proper car park and facilities for visitors.
I guess most villagers are affluent oldies who want to live in 'ye olde chocolate box england' and don't actually care about other peoples livelihoods. Great show.
I love watching “Clarkson’s Farm”!!! I really enjoy the insight it gives into the process of running a farm, and how it all ties into everyone’s lives. I feel it also shows the dangers of large and grossly bureaucratic government.
What a great report and oversight of this program. Very interesting. Underneath Jeremy Clarkson there is a strong determined man that is a very serious person I thank him for being both funny and serious and long may this guy live a health and safe life and deserves his succusses even though at time I disagree with him but is a dam good guy.
You are up against it in the UK Rules and more rules .Meetings about meetings by councils no wonder it takes forever to get anything done.
It's not just Farming have you tried to get planning permission its impossible
@@daronhorton1912yea but it’s way harder in farming
We tried to get planning for a barn conversion on our farm it took 3 years to get permission and it’s still not even being worked on cause of other stuff
@@Agrijack101 if it's class q planing you have three years to complete it full stop
if he finally is permitted to build a parking Lot, could he set up roofs above, with solar panels, rainwater collection, hailstorm- and flood water- protection, and shadow for hot summer days?
The city authorities want "green", but in their ignorant, practically inexperienced authority achieve the opposite!
The parking at the shop has now been approved
Thank you Jeremy for giving both councils and bureaucracy a swift kick in the backside, maybe they will drag their selves into the twenty First century, all be it kicking and screaming, you have open the door a little, the battle is not over there is still a lot to do, I wish you and the rest of the campaigners the best of luck with your endeavours.
Farmers in Australia do not get ANY real assistance from the Government.
Subsidies are immoral and should be scrapped, but the good new is that's equally true for taxation. the less government anything, the better.
well yes and no..plenty of drought relif, flood and fire relief... but no direct subsidies... unlike the rest of the world. they live off government support and steal our markets. then they say the way we sell eg wheat is uncompetitive... ahhhaahahahah
Spoke to a retired farmer who thinks Jeremy Clarkson has done more for farming than the NFU has for decades.
Im not a Farmer but i have had dealings with local councils. I have found the planning appeal system works extremely well. Because the council is not involved in that independent decision.
Well said, he's doing a Great service to the industry.
We know they want us plebs to eat bugs while they eat rib eye.
The overheads and rules a farmer has to deal with in this country are ridiculous.
This shows me that the United States is not the only country that has a political swamp. God bless the farmers of the U.K. Better than that, God bless the farmers all over the world. It always amazes me how people who don't know what they are doing want to control those that do. We need our farmers a lot more than we need our politicians.
That last sentence is PARAMOUNT. well said.😊
Oh, the UK is much worse than the US, especially areas around London
Jeremy said that Brexit would be bad for farmers. He wasn't wrong.
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Jeremy's experience might have as much to do with the local council's desire to stick it to him as the issues farmers are facing now. Often times Charlie can point to other farmers being allowed to (insert whatever task such as a farm track). If you dig, there are horrible stories from all over the world. Governments aren't just making it difficult for farmers. They are attempting to strip them of their livelihood and pry the land from their hands. This puts everyone's future in jeopardy. It isn't the TV news sharing these stories. They are complicit.
Farming is under threat via the eu/ wef collaboration and corupt politics locally who are linked to THEM
Love him or hate him, he's a very clever man.
Go to your local farm direct, build relationships and support them. We need farmers infinitely more than any politician.
it seems that in the UK “conservation” means not to change anything, even if it’s dying. unless it is run by corporate, then anything goes.
In East Anglia, which is a renouned farming area, there seems to be no problem if you want a solar farm on thousands of acres of top quality food producing land.
imho this is quite the respectable glow up for our old top gear/grand tour friend keep it up Mr. Clarkson! I Hope this inspires and reinvigorate American and Canadian Farmers as well
Clarkson is british culture in the flesh. Embrace your culture, Britain.
I love what Jeremy is teaching society, the show is lots of fun too. 4 years ago on a very limited budget I decided to start my off grid farming enterprise, its been alot of work, we've faced tough and rough situations and we have pushed on forward abnd onward. This year I secured more land and am planting a variety of fruit trees, peppers and a range of natural, local, non gmo food crops. The locals have joined me on this journey to sustainable organic farming and food security. Humanity has the right to food, shelter and water. Government along with big corps have tried to create famines though ridiculous policies and excessive taxes. You got to be wondering why, if you are u suggest you start paying attention before it's too late.
Jeremy is with truth and gets so much hate for it, is concerning.
i support farmers 100% they are hard working folk.
00:19 "A One Zero Zero Zero farm"? This AI BS needs to stop.
I live in Northumberland - a semi rural area of stunning beauty. Councils are perfectly happy with houses being built on the landscape and yet are anti-farmer at the same time.
If the UK citizens and farmers want to support farming produce and eat UK grown food, they have to change the import of cheep foods from the Americas and Australasia. Stop what the Brexit deal actually done! That deal let's these countries on the other side of planet import meat into the UK which the UK farmer can't compete with and at the same time the UK government makes it harder and more costly for the UK farmer. UK needs to change this.
I think farmers in other countryes too can identify with this !
Australian and Kiwi farmers get no subsidies. With more arable land per head of population, I think that a place still exists for Aus/NZ farmers to help feed the people of Britain (who are in large part, our own blood ancestors). Certain foods can be produced here, easier and cheaper than in Britain. (Some foods like Citrus fruits/oranges, and Avocados, are not grown in England at all, (other than by enthusiasts in greenhouses).
Shipping by, well, Ships, when done in bulk is surprisingly energy and cost-efficient. In a perfect world, yes most foods should come from close to one's own home (but then, arguably, in a perfect world, the population of the entire greater British Isles should only be 10 Million people maximum anyway).
Farmers in Aus/NZ have significant challenges also. Some related to climate, (as lands of "drought, and flooding rains" a quote from 150 years ago).
Rare pests and diseases, bacteria or fungi are slowly spreading throughout the world.
The single one commercial variety of Bananas has already had to be changed once in my lifetime (I recall bananas 50 years ago were different) and the current main commercial crop variety is coming to an end as disease again goes through major banana growing areas of the world, as plant research scientists struggle to find a disease resistant type, which is suitable for large scale commercial growth.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma talking about UK farmers and citizens here ! Not down under. UK farmers are being priced out of there own market by the UK government! Farmers have been cutting back on what they produce for some time now. Uk government have deliberately made deals with these other countries to satisfy there agenda, aus, NZ, u.s and UK governments amongst others are in a war with China over Taiwan and the surrounding area that's why there is allied forces in Australia and New Zealand. That is why UK farmers have had there throats cut, because of the deal between these government allies. You have turned this conversation around as if it's about you! It's about the UK citizens and farmers. UK farmers and citizens should come first ! When it's about there food supply, about there lively hood, about there land and animals ! It's not about you and how well you can produce food on the other side of the world as cheaply as possible.
@@kjellrogerjgensen60 that is the problem! The governments are making what is a basic necessity in your own country a Global problem/nightmare. If you make it too expensive to grow food in your own country, red tape, legislation pricing you out of business and import from countries on the other side of the world your doomed. It also destroys the way of life around that farm. It drives local workers out of farming and the companies and farmers employ workers from over seas and cheaper rates and they can make them work longer and harder. NZ is bad for that and is going to get worse especially the farms and company's under the Frontera foot.This whole Globalisation thing is destroying communities and businesses and way of life all over the planet. And what makes it worse these governments and protesters on climate change, global warming, wild life and nature being destroyed by human industrialisation , sea level s etc etc are caused by this global industry of transporting food and goods all over the world at the cost of nature/environment and local communities expense. In the UK it goes further than that, in other industries and business, companies a lot of them owned by oversea companies are directly not employing UK workers, but are employing Portuguese workers to do the work in the UK, that's an example of one big power company owned by the Spanish! Globalization destroying people's for the massive profits of the global companie.
We have been buying cheaper meat from abroad for decades not because of brexit.
I'm just a gardener and the things i go through getting things to grow where i live can be infuriating, i can't even imagine what it would be like on the scale of a farm AND you have government giving problems.
His local council never liked him living in Chipping Norton. They don't like the fact he ain't this prim and proper posh twat. He rocks the boat and him becoming a farmer really made them have a shit fit. Honesty I wasn't expecting him to take it seriously but man he has and has taught the public about how farmers are being screwed over and that the farmers weren't not lying or exaggerating the realty of their business and job. Much like motoring shows we need the entertaining 'fun' ones as Andy Willman stated and the 'boring' ones like Countryfile.
Beaurocrap is the bane of all businesses that try to innovate and change
I love how bad the local council made themselves look.
Most management models are reductionist, which does not work for managing complex environments as found in farming and national parks etc. Training in Holistic mamagement makes it easier to deal with environmental compexities, many farmers and ranches worldwide have improved their businesses and lifestyle by training in Holistic management, especially many who initially were sceptical, but adopted managing the whole, out of desperation, often due to facing bankruptcy.
but they werethe ones destroyed it in the first place, they shouldbe ordered to fix , not congratulated
Farming isn't complecated. Selling what you grow at a profit is. because of people who don't like to pay for good food ✌️👍🤔
On the surface farming isn't complicated, just like getting a cargo or fighter plane to fly isn't.
The cost of Land, Machinery (and it's really complicated and expensive now), Government red tape (such as compliance and water extraction), and the inputs into the ground, plus the high cost of Labour, make farming a very expensive and complicated venture. And that's before you factor in uncontrollable variables like weather.
All of that is before you try to sell to corporations that want your product cheaper than ever before because they tell you they can get it cheaper overseas.
If farming was put forward as a business proposal, I doubt many would be successful in getting finance.
BTW I'm not a farmer but I understand the economics.
@@rawspeed1678but what about the grants farmers get from tax payers before they even put a seed in the ground.
Across all business enterprises, marketing is most often the biggest, most important challenge to overcome. It's where the revenue comes from, revenue directly impacts all facets of operation.
@@stone4173 Farmers are going to the wall. With grants - that is not good for any of us if we want decent food. WE NEED FARMERS.
@@somebloke5565 well in East anglia all I see is massive farmers reaping what they sow. And actually scientists are developing food where sadly we won't need grain and veg growers, and I love farming.
As a southern Arizona farmer in the desert I stand with Jeremy
a room that keeps plants warm in the winter is called a greenhouse!
@@tiermacgirl you can have a huge conservatory made of a uPVC frame but mostly glass walls and ceiling. its still a conservatory but has the same effect as a greenhouse. but its part of the house, or at least a glass extension
Awesome show. You can feel how farmers work is hard and challening. And the government thing is messed up.
It proves it’s the council’s job is stop all business area is only for the rich and pensioners,And screw working farmers. This is worldwide.
He is single-handedly raising awareness of the struggles of farmers and farming. Good for him!
we NEED more of this.
Why are the council behaving like complete morons with this...?? Local MPs must step in to assist Jeremy and farm..
Plebs at work.
The council complains that the visitors cars block the roads, but when Clarkson want to build off-road parking they deny permission.....
Why are we paying VAT when we left Europe?????? Time to educate ourselves further! Thank you Clarkson
VAT or simliar dates to the 1940s
- or would you prefer 60% income tax???
Big government needs to spend your money - every day.
VAT is what pays for the UK government. Nothing to do with Europe or Brexit.
@@IngmarBooij can you substantiate your reply 😎x
Jeremy is a great guy and done a huge boost to farmers. He deserves a Knighthood but don't hold your breath, he is just too honest and doesn't have mardy attacks and smashes his rackets.
It was called "Diddly Squat" because that's how much money made, its an English way of saying you got nothing when you were generally expecting a lot more.
Well sone diddlysqaut, l know you will be good for years to come. Once labour and councils are told to behave themselves. Bring on Reform and sensible questuons and culture returns.
Im a farmer in south african and i can tell you all that our government even before 1994, has never helped the farmers even if the agriculture section is the 2de biggest income for south africa. Where as the mining industry is the biggest income for south africa and does get support from the government. Wonder what will happen if all the farmers in the world suddenly stop producing food. How long will it take for the people in the world to starve
It would take weeks, if not days
I love this show and support the farmers of the world. You'd better DEFEAT this ONE WORLD destructive policy (s) or it'll be the END as we know it. I'll be gone, but you "jiggle heads" living in your virtual worlds, will wake up one day and be freezing, sweating, hungry and just play lost and MAD!
FAMILY AND FARMERS are being taken away!
I'm glad Jeremy succeeded. We need more farmers and they need to be able to generate new forms of revenue. But this video should be about 3-4 minutes. I can't believe the amount of repetition. Holy Crap!
AI generated bull-manyre, I reckon.
His farming programme is fantastic worth a watch .
The problems created by power hungry local government officers extend far beyond farming. Local government is supposed to be helping small local businesses. The truth of it is the total opposite.
Very interesting documentary and well worth watching… cheers from West Africa 👍 and best of luck to all farmers ……. all of humanity needs your perseverance - thankyou !
All Farms should have a farm shop. All over the UK! Moreover, why is our country taking part in the New World Oder? We left the EU and didn't have to take part in it! Leave our Farmers alone! No one knows better to take care of land than farmers.
Absolutely, remember Jimmy's farm on TV
It shows how councils should not be allowed to act like a police state, especially when something is occurring in their back yard that they don't agree with.