Jeremy Clarkson Struggles To Sell 16 Tonnes of Potatoes | Clarkson's Farm

Jeremy’s not going to let the worst rain in years, or the lack of a farm shop deter him from selling his potatoes. Let’s see if his honesty box/filing cabinet solution actually makes him any money.
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[@thegrandtour]

What would you grow on your farm? 🥔

[@defenderzuhayr77]

potatoes

[@defenderzuhayr77]

leaves

[@defenderzuhayr77]

and umm carrots

[@ajith9729]

Weed

[@philippineball6246]

Potato

[@brianjacobe4067]

Seeing a man who has driven the world's most expensive supercars being delighted for getting 5 pounds by selling potatoes is truly a sight worth seeing

[@sloht4061]

I mean, those cars are usually owned by the companies he works for and the money he's earnt is literally through talking. I feel as though he just has the gift of the gab. This would have been the first money he's ever "Earned" through real hard work. A creation of his own blood, sweat and tears.

[@petrolhead999]

@@sloht4061 He made and making a millions people more happy It is a real hard work. Just watch around here ( utube ) here a lots of people who try to be interesting and fun, but it is not impress at all, and more there a lots of talentless and overrated people who just tell to people some bullshit story or theory... Jeremy is not as handsome as some Hollywood stars, but he more interesting and intelligence than them, for sure Even though he smoking as a train and drinking alcohol/liquor instead water Might punching someone not with a word but with a fist I mean yeah he is not number one nice person in the world, but still he is a good man And what he did in TV world it was real work, hard work, if it was not, then why nobody was not able to do something better? Or why nowadays no one couldn't reach their level in the car world? They are even didn't made car reviews

[@procatprocat9647]

@@sloht4061 that's an incredibly ignorant and naive blue collared comment.

[@elspitzwizard47]

it aint much but its an honest work

[@trayandimitrov7247]

Why ? He is a tv presenter they get to do things like this now he is old and he has dementia. No site to be seen .

[@colinhutchinson1664]

Me and my mates used to pick potatoes as young lads back in the 70s and it was exactly like this. we'd get picked up in a van early in the morning and transported to what ever farm we were going to work at that day. You'd be assigned a row behind the tractor and pick the length of the field. Me and my mates used to pick a double row, which meant we got twice the daily rate but had to do twice the work. By the end of the day you'd be shattered with an aching back but you'd feel inches taller (because of the amount of mud stuck to the bottom of your boots :) You could take a couple of shopping bags full of spuds home each day if you wanted them, which I did and gave them to my mum and auntie. For a few weeks after the picking season, I couldn't look at a potato never mind eat one. 🥔😁

[@Froggmeningreen]

Picking shallots is worse, trust me.

[@a320nick]

Don't get me started on Brussel Sprouts, cold, damp, mud ridden, depths of winter, baaad, environment. must be done on "cold" concrete floors, masochism in aspic and the poor men and women who have to get them out from the sodden fields a nightmare. The last hit before Christmas - is it worth it....? Well I'd sooner be drinking Pina Coladas on a beach with Britney Spears tbh.

[@tatskamaster]

Now that's honest work. Young people these days could learn a thing or two from stuff like this.

[@OffGridInvestor]

The area I'm in was a big onion area back in the 60s. My grandfather used to employ people who picked them. We also done peas. Acres of the things. I believe my farm had onions the way all the rocks are piled.

[@notme7728]

Not only did Clarkson set out to do his ultimate goal of having a farm, he did it at the worst possible time. Everything would have been so much more different if we never had the pandemic we had.

[@AD-df5tm]

I mean, it also helps that he is a very very rich man and Amazon was also likely footing the bill for alot of it. The avg farmer doesn't have the luxury of millions of dollars (and another very high paying job) to fall back on if things don't work. If he was an actual farmer trying to do it for a living he would have failed miserably.

[@Arltratlo]

you forgot the Brexshit benefits UK farmers got as a gift from BoJo the clown!

[@hepburn1959]

@@AD-df5tm There is that but you've got to remember he is an entertainer first and foremost. While he is very passionate about farming, and takes it seriously, he is also producing very watchable TV. That in itself deserves reward. What he is also doing is both educating the rest of us about the issues facing agriculture and publicising them.

[@alistairwalker2850]

@@AD-df5tm That is the point he makes a few times throughout the show. Farmers have it hard in Britain due to bureaucratic restrictions and not enough subsidies that help them stay afloat, yet they are expected to provide a huge part of Britain’s food supply, and it’s just an endless cycle of diminishing returns for a lot of people. I think that’s why Clarkson was the NFU’s Farming Champion of 2021, because he brought this fact to light for a lot of people.

[@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo]

@@AD-df5tm I don't know about that, putting in a pond and wildflowers isn't something I'd imagine Jeremy doing, to be fair he jumped right in the deep end.

[@dj_meta]

Now, every time I pass by a farm in the States and I see the machinery, I remember this series. Jeremy and Caleb has created something remarkable for the farming community here.

[@APRCraig]

Because many farms in America are purposebuilt land, land thats mostly flat already being made to be perfectly flat and able to be easily farmed with equipment. As youve seen in this series, British farms are older than the majority of countries alive. The land is what it is. The land, the roads, the way of farming is not easy for machines and for alot of things its still easier to use people instead of equipment.

[@colamity_5000]

@@APRCraigit’s more a matter of scale. If I had to guess the average acreage of a European farm is much lower. At scale tho, they obviously have very similar farm equipment, I know cuz I’ve bought used tractors imported from Europe. Spud farming for example must be done at scale with modern equipment to be economically viable, anyone doing it manually isn’t making money or at least not much: it’d be more of a hobby. Spud harvesters tho are very rare pieces of equipment and farms that do it are very specialized.

[@mattias3253]

Adorable! It's literally not about the money but the joy on his face when he actually made sales..

[@bipslone8880]

This might be the dumbest show on YT

[@cartoonez]

@@bipslone8880 Have you even watched it yet? It may even be better than Top Gear :D

[@bipslone8880]

@@cartoonez I don't watch reality shows and watching rich people play farmer is an insult to hardworking people.

[@cartoonez]

@@bipslone8880 You realize Jeremy worked hard to get where he is today?

[@bipslone8880]

@@cartoonez OK Fanboy

[@wolfie99yt69]

Seeing Clarkson be super excited and happy about making 5£ from selling potatoes made my day.

[@sonnyc3826]

it was probably more so that people are hoinest this day and age,,that is surprising

[@darius2640]

potato picking is one of the main evens of the year on eastern european calendar, the whole family and relatives descent on one field, pick and sort the potatoes then have a festival with barbecue and drinking afterwards

[@pinocolada4254]

I'm teaching my neighbours kid hoe to grow potatoes. He can't wait to dig and sort them 😂

[@largesizejellyfish3014]

Finding an excuse to drink is universal.

[@iamperplexed4695]

You know they make machines for that now?

[@darius2640]

@@iamperplexed4695 I know they make an attachment for tractor that digs them up shakes the dirt off on a conveyor belt like thingy and then potatoes just lay on top of the ground all you gotta do is come and take them, some dude who lives next door (half a mile away) and has nickname 'pirate' for some reason, has one of those machines so we bribe him into coming to help us

[@piter4595]

@@iamperplexed4695 you still have to pick them up and sort them

[@tonyrobinsonjr4741]

A British person finally understanding the difficulties of potato farming...

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

Shut it mick

[@tomredaintdead9575]

Racist mug

[@Paul-hu7xx]

@@jedimasterjoe5386 cry

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@Paul-hu7xx That's just the typical greeting between the British and Irish. You can tell it's civil by the lack of threats of violence.

[@Tony-112]

@@MK_ULTRA420 🤣🤣

[@dromedda6810]

Jeremy, getting excited about selling a few spuds is very wholesome. Man has worked hard for that.

[@AutoCrete]

I wonder how much Clarkson actually does when the camera isn't rolling?

[@MasterArchfiend]

People who don’t at least pay something at an honesty box fall into two categories: Too poor to have anything or jerks who don’t deserve it.

[@spencerrea]

I have a farm in the USA. We sometimes do something similar. Sometimes people take produce and leave notes, saying they have no money but will bring some by when they do. Often times they really do come back, up the farm proper to hand deliver it. I just refuse the money if they turn up like that. If a person is so desperate to eat they need to do that, whats a few cents or dollars to me? I've never had to skip meals, they often do in order to get a 3$ pair of used shoes for a kid.

[@MasterArchfiend]

@@spencerrea I thank you deeply for that. I've been in those people's position myself and stuff like that can really keep the spirits up.

[@russellzacharias3535]

@@spencerrea While I think I understand the sentiment, I am not sure I would refuse the money. Agreed it doesn't really matter a lot to you but it matters a lot to them that they pay something, esp after they said they would...personally I don't ever want to "owe" anyone, the amount is immaterial.

[@maartentoors]

So good to see that my theory on farming is proved true. It is Hard, really Hard. I would like to see how Jeremy does on a Vineyard next.

[@NicolasChiribelo]

I don't think his liver would survive that 😂

[@MasterArchfiend]

I come from a small town and even those who don’t farm know it is hard work and how much of an impact a bad year for the farmers has on everything. A lot of people seem to think that it’s as easy as growing a flower in a pot on their desk and I don’t get how they jump to such a conclusion. I’ve heard horror stories of trying to start and maintain one’s first vineyard, but I would love to see him succeed at it.

[@jamescharlton924]

I love Alan! He's as much of a character as Gerald and Kaleb.

[@thomaswright7562]

Alan is my dads sisters uncles cousin's best pal from secondary school.

[@jamescharlton924]

@@thomaswright7562 he's brilliant honestly fantastic! Just love all his time on the show. Especially about what the shop looked like inside

[@TheMinstrel55]

This is inspirational, after living the life of glitz and glam, Jeremy gets a farm and starts farming.I am sold.

[@SimpleLifePortugal]

Jeremy this is SO inspiring! We're just starting to bring to life a farm of our own! Nice to see you can overcome obstacles so easily! 😍

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

It really is back breaking work. Farmers. Work hard

[@ataxpayer723]

Solution: Harvest them, then turn them into chips. Bag them, then freeze them. Call them BazaChips.

[@FrontSideBus]

I'm really surprised Jeremy didn't just have all the spuds made into Vodka...

[@walnutsandbeastiality866]

*_,,Aohw, naow I knaow it's da VODKA talkin'!"_* (Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Jayne Mansfield Story, 1980)

[@ataxpayer723]

Good plan.!

[@Kalenz1234]

Almost like you need a license to run a brewery. Not to mention having an industrial sized brewery just lying around.

[@FrontSideBus]

@@Kalenz1234 I'm sure he could have linked up with a distillery just like he did with Hawkstone lager.

[@Kalenz1234]

@@FrontSideBus Distillery's or any kind of production infrastructure usually doesn't just sit around but is pre-planned for days if not months. The issue here was time. Just try to find a distillery with the capacity to turn 16 tons of potatoes into alcohol that could do so within the next day or two.

[@benmathew8773]

Looking forward to season 2 can’t wait ❤

[@andrewsema359]

Farming looks so rewarding when it works out. Good on you Jeremy

[@nimay13]

Meanwhile here in my country, we have potatoes shortages so bad that McDonalds just flat out refuse to sell large french fries.

[@pl_caravan4679]

Ireland?

[@1971jwing]

Why does the word subsidy come to mind? LOL Cheers Jeremy and friends. Great health to all.

[@helenabiesma5560]

brilliant the filing cabinet ideas brilliant - love it

[@TheManOnTheRail]

Used to do this as a kid on Saturday afternoons for pocket money back in the 70's.

[@niklar55]

Generally, if farmers don't grow a particular crop in a particular area, there's a very good reason! That reason is probably because its totally unsuitable. .

[@kevinparker461]

I used to pick spuds years ago on a local farm my cousin worked on. The machine digging the spuds was just the same, my cousin drove the tractor & i was a good shot with a spud. Cuz wouldn't even know who threw it because my head was down picking spuds before contact.

[@budbud2509]

He knows now Kevin Parker .........

[@natbirchall1580]

Good to see the pride and future of Britain doing some healthy and wholesome work.

[@sandrarodriguez-ie1ky]

I really enjoyed this program.

[@alanlawrence2954]

A rich man is a man who loves his work and has a sense of fun... A tick in each box.

[@elihoskins8670]

The bottle top scene always makes me die laughing

[@larus555]

Can't wait for Season 2!

[@tymiller1944]

If you told young Jeremy that he'd own a farm and be on tv with it he'd tell you to sod off 😂😂how far he's come

[@robertnapier624]

“Farming? I don’t like manual labour! The only things I live for are Speed and Power!”

[@bobstirling6885]

Well that's how we used to harvest potatoes in the 70s.....believe it or not they now have machines that don't require days of hand picking....

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

Yeah. Modern equipment can do it all - digging and picking

[@antman5474]

@@Erectmygreenhouse Still need humans to chuck out the manky ones though.

[@neotagatg3238]

@@antman5474 you think that but nearly every top teir manufacturer has a cam and laser based system that can get rid of bad bits with flipper, burst of air and other ways. We are getting to the point where Farming will be 100% done by robots if were lucky because to be clear there not enough money in it for human labor.

[@AzguardMike]

This show got me to start farming in my back garden as a hobby. I sold a dozen pumpkins, watermelons, dozens of spuds, 50 broccoli and 60 cabbages at a third the price as our local tesco, i made a net profit of £320. Seeds only cost £2 each. Sold out on the first day. Used the money to buy a few liquid fertilizer drums, tossed in weeds and gras and food, its turned to sludge which i've mixed in the soil for this year. Got seeds from last years harvest to replant this year. Start in small pots then transfer them to the soil once they've taken. I'll do half price of Tesco this year and on a full harvest, im looking at £700 if i get more spuds this time (half were rotten)

[@Nifilheimur]

We need another season of this

[@CarlosZ34NSM]

Season 2 this summer

[@CarlosZ34NSM]

Counting down to season 2!!!

[@The_journeyy]

*Time was starting to run out for Clarkson the build was in jeopardy*

[@thetallestdwarf7041]

Jeremy should sell them as TikTok cameras

[@QuietHusband]

No. . .

[@borris3768]

Shut up

[@samuelfawell9159]

When your builder is laughing in your face, you know your in trouble

[@joshuasmith5289]

Hey Jeremy! Do what lots of potato farmers across the British isles have done and start a small kettle crisp operation. I know some guys.

[@ananiaharutyunyan]

I love his head of security 😍😍

[@christophezecheru5440]

finally he find he's porpoise in life. he is so happy.

[@jt2988]

I cant waite for the next season this is the best show on TV!

[@thegrandtour]

What would you really like to see in Season 2?

[@emanuelhmingropui3149]

@@thegrandtour more of the same please

[@GotrekGurninsson]

Caleb: This is like a rust bucket Me: woah that thing is fucking mint!

[@IZotit]

A farmer taking a few potatoes brings me back home

[@RockomusiK]

I like Clarkson, he's a breath of fresh air. No airs or graces. He reminds me of our Michael O'Leary because he just says things straight. No fucks given.

[@ReclusiveEagle]

Jeremy somehow recreated a Minecraft Server shopping district IRL with the box

[@papamike88]

Seeing this tiny potato harvester mounted to that behemoth R8 makes me laugh all the time. A true overkill ;P

[@ozfoxaroo]

"How hard can it be?" LOL!

[@thegrandtour]

It's always dangerous when Jeremy utters those words 😅

[@ozfoxaroo]

@@thegrandtour It's the Clarkson equivalent of "What could go wrong?"

[@JG-fv9bv]

My spuds are doing pretty well in the garden , the carrots are struggling though

[@pinocolada4254]

He could have payed the kids collecting the potatoes and the construction workers in potatoes. Saves cash and storage space. Who doesn't want chips?

[@brassholio]

Lol, potatoes don't pay the mortgage.

[@jasonh.8754]

​@@brassholiolol, kids don't have mortgages! But most like chips 🍟

[@david-ul3ch]

clarkson your my favorite guy who leaves everything to last minute gg

[@dthor5150]

Jeremy spoke it pearl jam Eat.Tec1😂

[@sh4969]

Put a circus tent over the building plot and just build or a raised platform and buy a pacific dome.

[@iTroysGhost]

The guy laughing when asked how long it would take like it was a cheeky question... Getting building work done is a nightmare. Every builder I have ever dealt with is like this.

[@DJJ81]

Jeremy and Kaleb did fantastic together in this show. Kaleb is like a farmer version of Hammond.

[@marnixkamminga8083]

Of all the things Jeremy had on the farm the patatoes seem relatively easy. Mayby he should get a better harvester eventualy. Seems like something he could make viable if he can get a steady buyer

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

Per square yard or acre, potatoes don't make as much money as wheat or rapeseed. It's quite a bulky crop to store as well compared to grains etc. However they do grow really easily

[@TheCraigy83]

@@Erectmygreenhouse Strawberries ? At the shop there +£2 for a little tub..you get a few kg sack of spuds for the same price.. How well would they grow in a house under a typical room lighting ? Would they even grow?

[@cup_and_cone]

Does season 2 have a date yet?

[@Hy-Brasil]

Everyone should work on a farm at some point..... just to appreciate the hard work that goes into the food you take for granted every day..... so much waste, apathy, ignorance, it's infuriating...

[@sardaukarterrortroops3824]

True

[@boblovell5789]

Brings back memories of harvesting sugarbeet by hand. A plough would lift them a little, but a tug to release from the ground, and a smack with a knife invariably put mud on the hessian sack round your waist and in your mouth if you didn't keep it shut.

[@jamesmay6820]

I'm just curious if anybody knows what is the name of the theme of the the guitar song at the end of the credits

[@harryw121]

the builder at the start is my dad's best mate lmao

[@mileymarielow3850]

"We needed to get a move on" Jeremy says from his house...

[@MeNoSpeakJibberish]

*WHERE'S SERIES TWO?!*

[@-sandman4605]

You should of made Vodka out of them you pickle. 😃🤣 👍🤠 🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@vroom6591]

Organise a party with a bonfire and do jacket spuds , make it a car meet and charge for tickets ! Use may as the guy !

[@Sky-Omega]

Hello , when do you come to Algeria 🇩🇿 north africa to explore its roads ?! There are many fans here waiting for you !

[@theenlightenedone1283]

That bottle cap was rare 👀

[@eliotreader8220]

times like this what's wrong with getting them up with a shovel

[@plkfokser731]

Jeremy King of England :o)

[@akhalid3263]

Keleb real catch of the show 😂

[@MLB9000]

I wonder how much was in the honesty box before the person who put in the bottle top nicked it all?

[@magnusmannnn]

Kaleb was fucking great he is so funny😂

[@thegrandtour]

What's your favourite Kaleb moment from Clarkson's Farm? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HRaX6Zo7uoY8k

[@TheVillain01]

The Grand Tour: What would you grow on your farm? Me: Jeremy Clarkson. I would Grow Thousand upon Thousands of Jeremy Clarksons.

[@rudolfabelin383]

You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store Greetings from Sweden.

[@walnutsandbeastiality866]

Naturally, we also have our version of this song in Hungary: ,,16 tonna fekete szén 16 tonnát raksz és Mennyi a bér? Meghalni kéne De nem lehet A vállalat nem engedi A lelkemet"" ,,16 tons of black coal Load 16 tons and how much is the salary? I should die, but cannot The company will not allow that"

[@rudolfabelin383]

@@walnutsandbeastiality866 Cool!

[@davemis40]

Clarksons’ Potato Vodka !

[@aobdesigned3881]

"When life gives you potatoes, make potatoade..."

[@acctsys]

Otherwise called vodka.

[@silentprayer4724]

Local kids from lithuania 🤣

[@ralphmorgan6130]

How do you become a millionaire running a hobby farm? Start off with $10m and run the farm until you have $1m left... ps. As a teenager I worked weekends at a market garden/roadside shop and aside from stealing 'green' from the nearby national park for use by the flower shop part of the business, one of the more delightful tasks was 'rebagging' potatoes - ie. opening up old bags of potatoes, throwing out the ones that had started to rot and were disgusting, washing off the remaining 'good' potatoes and putting the 'good' potatoes into new bags to be sold... (another favourite task was bending over all day in the hot Australian summer weeding the marigold field -- guaranteed to give you the most incredible headache and a backache) A great way to earn 60c an hour (and the bus fare to and from 'work' was around 40c each way!)

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Potato 🥔 lol

[@nathanratcliffe3217]

Should be growin lettuce lol

[@Ottobon]

love you lot

[@samahdi6972]

A mix of organic non gmo beetroot to strawberry's, soft fruit, veg, a move away from industrial synthetic "fertilizers" your shop would need a massive car park.

[@edh615]

OF course when you don't starve you take it with good humor.

[@niagra898]

The man is a genius

[@thegrandtour]

Undoubtedly kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHuWhZeYZZ5pb6M

[@cesaralarcon5228]

Man could go for the vodka business with that many potatoes

[@andydudley1775]

those spuds are still fit for making vodka.

[@mehdi5335]

Jeremy ♥️

[@ADobbin1]

How can he be struggling to sell food at a time when we apparently have a huge food shortage????

[@dragonxev1144]

Well his options were either very limited or very little mass purchases (not enough time) or his honesty box (not enough traffic). Makes enough sense.

[@davidkettell6236]

Damnit Jeremy ,did you not pick potatoes when you were a kid . HOT LOATHESOME WORK FOR TEN BOB A DAY ,I REMEMBER IT WELL AND SO DOES MY BACK !

[@Applepie409]

Budding and grafting rose is hard work too. My back remembers it well too.

[@maniv100]

someone tell him to start a distillery.

[@BeauLambertVideos]

Can we have a Clarkson’s farm KZbin channel?

[@hlukufarmmechanic2497]

where can i watch the full show ?

[@victoriaregina8344]

Netflix

[@imaginarystranger1974]

What kind of potatoes rot only after a few weeks? Potatoes I eat can be safely stored for more than half a year in a dry environment.

[@DarthRaver-og7qq]

How is this not its own show?

[@DIYBFF123]

Jeremies eyebrows needs their own show

[@unclejokerinc.5352]

Looks like an official Irish patoto farmer

[@morgothbauglir8508]

I love potatoes....eat thm everyday

[@Trolden01]

So when does season 2 start? In 5 years?

[@amandaburns4568]

Call him or hate him he did more 2 show people that farming n all that goes with it is not easy , even when uv got money 😜 thanku jezza

[@LeongGunners]

When it comes to figuring out potato farming, you'd need Matt Damon.