Jeremy Clarkson 'thrilled' to be hosting UK's largest arable farming event at Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton
Jeremy Clarkson has said that he is thrilled to bits to be hosting the UK’s largest arable farming event at his farm near Chipping Norton.
The Cereals event takes place at Diddly Squat Farm from Wednesday, June 10, until Thursday 11.
Around 25,000 farmers and people involved in the agricultural industry are expected to attend the event.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the event, Jeremy Clarkson said: “I’m thrilled to bits to be hosting it.
“Every day is a learning day for me. I learn something new from these guys or from reading books, and then when Cereals comes here and there’ll be 25,000 farmers. I’m going to learn a lot.”
The trade event’s arrival in Oxfordshire marks the furthest west the event has been staged since its inception as Barley ’79 held in Cirencester.
This year’s show will feature over 600 exhibitors and live demonstrations of the latest farming products and technology, as well as talks from industry experts.
Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper hopes the event will demonstrate that there is more to farming than driving tractors.
He said: “We need a farmer three times a day—breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can go in to be the actual farmer, or there’s other careers in farming, whether that be the agronomist, whether that be a GPS specialist, whether that be a journalist.