He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear. Singh, Anita (10 October 2021). "Jeremy Clarkson 'did more for farmers in one TV series than Countryfile managed in 30 years' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

The farm has 300 acres which are set aside from crop farming. The DEFRA subsidy scheme requires these meadows to be mown annually and so Clarkson decides to get a herd of sheep. He buys 78 North Country Mules at auction and finds that they are difficult to control, even with an electric fence and barking drone. After trouble with lameness and the complexity of breeding with his rams, Leonardo and Wayne, he recruits Ellen to be the farm's shepherd. On Farming Today, Clarkson said that he listens to the BBC programme's podcast. The opinion of the active farmers interviewed was favourable. [16]

Clarkson’s Farm follows a simple format. This eight-episode long docu-series charts Clarkson’s attempts to make his farm, with its vast acreage, into a proper working farm. In each episode he focuses on a different challenge but frequently revisits other themes, providing a succinct picture. It’s a great series and the formula is perfect: it shines a new and endearing light upon both Clarkson and a topic which many of us, in the digital age, are more distanced from than ever. The show conveys farming life in a candid fashion, not skimping on informing us of its very real dangers Faced with suffocating red tape, biblical weather, local objections, a global pandemic and his own frankly staggering ignorance of how to 'do farming', Jeremy soon realises that turning the farm around is going to take more than splashing out on a massive tractor. I mean, Jeremy Clarkson's girlfriend, who also stars in Clarkson's Farm alongside him, must do at some point because there's footage of her behind the till in Clarkson's Farm series one and two.

The burger van behind the lambing shed on Diddly Squat Farm (Image: Alex Evans) There's messages from Jeremy pinned up on the side of the lambing shed - and you should bring a pen with you Morris, Lauren (28 October 2022). "Clarkson's Farm renewed for season 3 with "new characters" joining". Radio Times.I thought it was remarkably good and entertaining. ... Many farmers will think that this is putting them and their experience over in a positive way ... There were some proper laugh-out-loud moments ... I am so inspired by the way that Jeremy Clarkson has talked about the industry and the people who have helped him ... [16] I'm the boss really," said Kaleb in a recent interview on This Morning. "Technically he is my boss but he's a boss and a friend. It's difficult to work with him because he doesn't listen to me but the good thing is he has a genuine interest in the farming." Tim and Katy Coles (series 2): local cow breeders who sell heifers and beef cattle to Clarkson and later rent him a bull. Pull on your wellies, grab your flat cap and join Jeremy Clarkson in this hilarious and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the farm we're all obsessed with.