A case of bovine TB has been found at Diddly Squat Farm - leaving the team "devastated", owner Jeremy Clarkson has said.
The TV presenter wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that a pregnant cow has contracted the disease on the farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
In a post on X, Clarkson wrote: "Bad news from Diddly Squat. We've gone down with TB.
"Everyone here is absolutely devastated."
Bad news from Diddly Squat. We've gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) July 31, 2025
Asked in the comments about the prize bull called Endgame, which Clarkson bought recently for £5,500, he said: "His test was 'inconclusive'. I couldn't bear it if we lost him."
Clarkson also clarified that the disease is bovine TB, which does not affect people but "just our poor cows".
I should clear this up really. It's Bovine TB that we have. It doesn’t affect people, just our poor cows.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) July 31, 2025
Bovine TB is recognised as a problem that devastates farm businesses, spreading from badgers to cattle, and from cow to cow.
Oxfordshire in the UK is an "edge area" for bovine TB, meaning it is a buffer zone between high-risk and low-risk areas - so most herds are subject to six-monthly TB tests by default.
There have been several cases in the area of Oxfordshire near to Diddly Squat Farm - made famous in the series Clarkson's Farm - in recent weeks, according to ibTB, a mapping platform for the disease in England and Wales.
Source: Press Association
