Jeremy Clarkson warns of 'disaster on catastrophic scale' for entire country

In a new update, Jeremy Clarkson has warned of a ‘catastrophic scale’ disaster for the entire country.

It’s been a bit of a nightmare for the TV star’s Diddly Squat farm recently, with ‘everyone devastated’ there by a virus outbreak among his cows.

And as new seasons get filmed of Clarkson’s Farm, it seems the obstacles and problems don’t stop. However, while it might make ‘good TV’ to see Clarkson and the team overcome issues on Diddly Squat, the 65-year-old points out that ‘most farms don’t have TV shows to keep them going’.

That’s particularly as a post on his X account this morning (8 August) warns we should all be worried about this year’s harvest, as the UK has had a particularly warm and dry spring.

Things haven't been easy at the farm (Prime Video)

“It looks like this year’s harvest will be catastrophic. That should be a worry for anyone who eats food. If a disaster on this scale had befallen any other industry, there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth,” Clarkson wrote.

He added in the comments that for a successful harvest ‘normal weather would help’.

“It never stopped raining in 2024 and never started in 2025,” he said.

One user asked if the farm would be able to survive ‘if it wasn’t supported by other adjacent businesses’ like Clarkson’s pub and farm shop.

And he simply responded: “Not a cat in hell’s chance.”

Earlier in the summer, it was reported that analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggested the UK could be heading for another poor harvest.

It estimated that the production of the ‘main arable crops, wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rapes’ could hit near all-time lows.

Other farmers are suffering too. (Prime Video)

Martin Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, said at the time: “This year’s arable harvest is on a knife edge.

“Months of dry weather have left my crops stressed, with their yield potential now capped even if we get a good bit of rain. This is what farming in a changing climate looks like. In three years, we’ve had the hottest day ever, the wettest 18 months and now the warmest spring.”

Another farmer wrote in the comments of Clarkson’s post wrote: “Worst harvest of my life to date.”

It’s one thing after another for Clarkson then, who recently confirmed Diddly Squat couldn’t buy or sell any cows as they were suffering from a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreak. “Everyone here is absolutely devastated,” he wrote.