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Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper received some devastating news this week which he shared with fans on Instagram.
Last month, the farmer – who acts at Jeremy Clarkson’s right-hand man in the hit Amazon series filmed at Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds – revealed he had bought a herd of dairy cows. But today he heard the sad news he may lose some of them. Taking to his Instagram stories, Kaleb posted a video in which he told his 2 million followers: “Now today’s a bit stressful. I’ve just found out the place where I have my dairy cows – the 21 cows that I bought – has got three reactors to TB.”
Fighting back tears as he tried to compose himself, Kaleb let out a huge sigh as he continued: “I don’t really know how to describe the emotion. I know I mean it’s not all my cows and I don’t know how he [the other owner] feels – but it’s hard.” Explaining what would need to happen know, he told fans: “It’s not good. Three reactors, so therefore we’ve got to test again in two months’ time. That’s three cows we’ve lost that are milking.” Clearly stressed by the situation, the young farmer then let out a huge exhale to the camera as he ended his post.
Clarkson's Farm Kaleb was almost in tears in the video (Instagram)Bovine TB is a respiratory disease caused by bacteria that can be transmitted through nose to nose contact or contact with saliva, urine, faeces and milk, according to the Government website. As well as infecting each other, the disease can be passed on to humans, and usually cattle who have it are slaughtered.
Kaleb will have to wait to see if the infection spreads to his other cows before determining what will happen to the herd. The 25-year-old farming contractor from Chipping Norton won over the hearts of viewers with his passion for work and his hilarious approach to working alongside Diddly Squat Farm owner Clarkson.
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He has often spoken out about how tough it is to be a farmer in Britain today and revealed he pays himself just 50p an hour in the wake of Brexit when he is working for himself.
Kaleb with Jeremy Clarkson on the hit Clarkson's Farm show (PA)”When I'm working for myself, when I'm feeding my calves, I bought eight calves, it's a little bit of a new business idea that I'm doing,” he told the Performance People podcast hosted by Ben and Georgie Ainslie. ”And then you feed them on milk which costs me about £200 a calf and then selling them at nine months, trying to get a profit, trying to see if it will work you know. But, I worked out the other day how much my hourly rate is. I pay myself 50p an hour so then I can make money.”
Amazon Prime announced there be a third series of the record-breaking show Clarkson’s Farm which is expected to air in 2024 and is thought to be the last.
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