Jeremy Clarkson has described the past year as “terrible” for farming during an address to the Conservative Party conference, saying farmers were facing pressure from every direction.
The former Top Gear presenter, who is also known for Clarkson’s Farm, said the farming community was being “attacked” from all sides. His comments focused on the difficulties facing farmers, although no further details of the pressures or specific policies discussed were provided in the supplied material.
Clarkson’s involvement in Clarkson’s Farm has brought farming issues to a wider public audience. At the conference, he used that platform to highlight what he characterised as a particularly difficult period for the sector.
No further response or proposed measures were included in the available material.