{"id":733267,"date":"2026-08-10T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733267\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:44:09","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-shares-bleak-diddly-squat-farm-update-after-months-of-scorching-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733267\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson shares bleak Diddly Squat Farm update after months of scorching weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In a post on Sunday, Clarkson shared a screenshot of the weather forecast for the next few days, showing the temperature hitting 29 degrees Celsius in Chipping Norton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Underneath the snap, he wrote: \u201cHarvest already f***ed. May as well just enjoy it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Fans in the comments rushed to offer words of support to Clarkson and the UK&#8217;s farmers, with many praying for &#8220;desperately needed&#8221; rain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">While Clarkson often tries to put a positive spin on the farming experience, the weather is likely causing considerable concern &#8211; particularly after his harvest in series five was impacted severely by the climate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The TV presenter has also shared how much he enjoys harvesting his fields, despite not knowing how the crops will have turned out<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cSome jobs on the farm are unpleasant&#8230;.But I\u2019ve been harvesting all week, and this job is an absolute joy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">His harvest frustration comes after weather conditions have left farmers reeling nationwide, with punishingly long droughts contributing to considerable financial losses and fears over UK-grown shortages this autumn, which may cause \u2018shrinkflation\u2019 in supermarkets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a post on Sunday, Clarkson shared a screenshot of the weather forecast for the next few days,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}