Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he had even more bad news overnight after confirming cattle on his farm had tested positive for TB. He will be forced to shut his farm for two months as a result

Jeremy Clarkson has been forced to close down his farm for TWO MONTHS after a TB outbreak. The former Top Gear host announced the tough news yesterday that his farm has been struck by infectious disease Tuberculosis.

The Mirror reportedly yesterday that Clarkson revealed cattle on his Diddly Squat Farm has tested positive and thus he would need to shut the farm for at least eight weeks – as that is how early he can get the next test.

The TV star shared the devastating update with fans on X yesterday, where he wrote: “Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.”

Bovine tuberculosis or bovine TB is “caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis, (M. bovis) which is closely related to the bacterium that causes human and avian tuberculosis. The infectious disease is respiratory and can be transmitted “through nose to nose contact and also through contact with saliva, urine, faeces and milk”.

There is also a risk it can be passed to humans, too. Now, Jeremy has given an update on the farm – which comes after his initial devastating news left fans gutted for the presenter turned farmer.

It’s been a bad week for Kaleb and Jeremy ( 
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As well as the farm being locked down, which Jeremy described as “dreadful”, he also revealed that he lost a puppy overnight and he is also dealing with a sickly calf – admitting he’s not enjoying farming at present.

Speaking to Peter Cardwell on Times Radio, Jeremy said: “It’s awful, it is awful. You have a test every six months on the cows and then you sort of become blasé, it’s a hypothetical threat. And then the vet looks up as he did yesterday lunchtime and said ‘I’m really sorry this one’s failed’. So that means we’re now locked down and it’s just dreadful, absolutely dreadful.

“It’s only been not even 24 hours since I found out and it occupies my mind. Well it was occupying my mind but I got up this morning and found one of my puppies has died. And we’ve got a very sickly calf. Honestly, farming? I’m not enjoying it this week.”

Jeremy also revealed that the farm will be closed for “certainly two months because that’s how long we have to wait before we do another test” but said that the farm shop was unaffected as “it’s only cows that get affected by it”.

Jeremy’s cattle have tested positive for TB ( 
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It comes only hours after Kaleb Cooper announced some sad news too. He revealed that thieves had made off with his farm machinery including one of his tractors and a post knocker, for driving fence posts into the ground.

Kaleb posted earlier this week: “My post knocker was stolen last night, as well as the John Deere tractor. Can we please make this as hot as possible? What is going on with England at the moment?”

Fans rushed to share their sadness with Kaleb, with one writing: “Sorry to hear that mate. A friend of mine who owns a garden centre had their digger nicked last night, and another friend had their two 16 ft trailers nicked the week before. I saw two different companies had vans done over last week, totalling something like £50k worth of tools. It’s soul-destroying!”