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Posted: 5/13/2024 4:48:39 PM EDT
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It is as good as the other two. As a farmer, it was nice to see him win big against the government that has been out to get him since day one. He has become a legit farmer. Both he and Kaleb said it started out as kind of a joke, but evolved into a productive farm.
Sure, he is filthy rich, so he doesn’t face the struggles that other farmers do, but nobody can say he doesn’t put in a hard days work. Charlie knows farming, the business and is the glue that holds that farm together. Plus, the British humor is done well as always. Just a pleasure to watch |
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I'm huge Top Gear (Clarkson, Hammond, and May seasons) and Grand Tour fan, but Clarkson's Farm is Jeremy's best show.
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Originally Posted By NN300BLK: I'm huge Top Gear (Clarkson, Hammond, and May seasons) and Grand Tour fan, but Clarkson's Farm is Jeremy's best show. View Quote It would be hard to put any show he has done above Top Gear, but Clarkson’s Farm is as good, if not better. The Grand Tour is just a rebranded Top Gear, but not as good. |
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I love this show, even though I never gave two shits about farming before watching it.
I will say the UK does a lot of backwards shit with all the red tape, assuming some of it is dramatized? |
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Originally Posted By raymondwoods: I love this show, even though I never gave two shits about farming before watching it. I will say the UK does a lot of backwards shit with all the red tape, assuming some of it is dramatized? View Quote I am sure some of the shows is scripted, but the struggles he faced with the government were 100% real. |
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I just flat out love it. Gerald still makes me laugh the hardest.
We tried pig farming for a few years. The episodes where he and his wife are just crouching into the pig huts and grabbing up piglets gave me some serious worries. In my experience pig mommas HATE anything that makes their piglets squeal and will try to promptly destroy it. |
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"You get to pick your damn sacrifice. That's all. You don't get to not make one." - Jordan B. Peterson
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I started watching on a whim the other day and love it. Great show. Learning a bit about farming too.
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Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer
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Originally Posted By MaverickH1: I just flat out love it. Gerald still makes me laugh the hardest. We tried pig farming for a few years. The episodes where he and his wife are just crouching into the pig huts and grabbing up piglets gave me some serious worries. In my experience pig mommas HATE anything that makes their piglets squeal and will try to promptly destroy it. View Quote Gerald is pure gold. I didn’t know he took care of that farm his entire life until this last season. The piglets dying had both my wife and I tearing up. It is by far my favorite show ever. |
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I'm making you farm manager.
OK. You're fired! |
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Fetchez la vache!
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Originally Posted By MaverickH1: I just flat out love it. Gerald still makes me laugh the hardest. We tried pig farming for a few years. The episodes where he and his wife are just crouching into the pig huts and grabbing up piglets gave me some serious worries. In my experience pig mommas HATE anything that makes their piglets squeal and will try to promptly destroy it. View Quote Yea, that made me cringe a lot. |
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I was hooked in the first season when he went out and bought the largest Lamborghini tractor he could find.
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Defeatism only leads to defeat.
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I enjoyed it. Stayed up too late watching on Saturday.
Him dry heaving with the respirator on |
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Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: It is as good as the other two. As a farmer, it was nice to see him win big against the government that has been out to get him since day one. He has become a legit farmer. Both he and Kaleb said it started out as kind of a joke, but evolved into a productive farm. Sure, he is filthy rich, so he doesn’t face the struggles that other farmers do, but nobody can say he doesn’t put in a hard days work. Charlie knows farming, the business and is the glue that holds that farm together. Plus, the British humor is done well as always. Just a pleasure to watch View Quote He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. |
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Originally Posted By atomicferret: He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. View Quote He really did try to separate his other shows, wealth and fame from the actual day-to-day farming. He said all it takes is one bad year and you could be finished. Season 2 really showcased the bureaucracy and regulations. He couldn’t catch a break. It took a third party inspector with some common sense to put the bureaucracy in check. I think the bit with the Prime Minister was the Brit government attempt at saving face. We are here to help you, after we did everything we could possibly do to shut you down. They even hit on regenerative farming, which we are getting into as well. If the government hates him and the other farmer love him, he is doing something right. |
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Originally Posted By atomicferret: He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By atomicferret: Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: It is as good as the other two. As a farmer, it was nice to see him win big against the government that has been out to get him since day one. He has become a legit farmer. Both he and Kaleb said it started out as kind of a joke, but evolved into a productive farm. Sure, he is filthy rich, so he doesn’t face the struggles that other farmers do, but nobody can say he doesn’t put in a hard days work. Charlie knows farming, the business and is the glue that holds that farm together. Plus, the British humor is done well as always. Just a pleasure to watch He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. I'm glad Clarkson won against the local council, they seem to be a bunch of useless twats. Much like the twats we have in .gov here. |
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He has yet to turn a profit. Not sure if that counts as a "legit farmer". I mean, fair enough, a lot of Farmers go years without a profit, only to finally have a few good years here and there.
But I'd still say he's a bit of a hobby farmer. Again, not knocking the show. I love it. Looking forward to watching Season 3. It really does point out how hard farming is. |
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Originally Posted By PatriotAr15: He has yet to turn a profit. Not sure if that counts as a "legit farmer". I mean, fair enough, a lot of Farmers go years without a profit, only to finally have a few good years here and there. But I'd still say he's a bit of a hobby farmer. Again, not knocking the show. I love it. Looking forward to watching Season 3. It really does point out how hard farming is. View Quote A lot of farmers don’t need to turn a profit because of all the government subsidies. He explains it in season 3. Also, the town council made it impossible for him to make real money. I am not going to spoil 3 for you, but I think you will see how much he and his crew have become true farmers. |
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Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: Gerald is pure gold. I didn’t know he took care of that farm his entire life until this last season. The piglets dying had both my wife and I tearing up. It is by far my favorite show ever. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: Originally Posted By MaverickH1: I just flat out love it. Gerald still makes me laugh the hardest. We tried pig farming for a few years. The episodes where he and his wife are just crouching into the pig huts and grabbing up piglets gave me some serious worries. In my experience pig mommas HATE anything that makes their piglets squeal and will try to promptly destroy it. Gerald is pure gold. I didn’t know he took care of that farm his entire life until this last season. The piglets dying had both my wife and I tearing up. It is by far my favorite show ever. We've had a small spate of deaths in <1 week lambs this year. Not fun at all. But lessons have been learned, and we made some changes. (Just a small home flock) |
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Season 3 is excellent
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“I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.”
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Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: They are like an HOA that has actual power. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: Originally Posted By n0zzle: I'm glad Clarkson won against the local council, they seem to be a bunch of useless twats. Much like the twats we have in .gov here. They are like an HOA that has actual power. And that is a huge problem. |
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Originally Posted By Hobs98: Wait, till you see them visit the prime Minister. Apparently every low government person is dick. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Hobs98: Originally Posted By kallnojoy: I'm making you farm manager. OK. You're fired! Wait, till you see them visit the prime Minister. Apparently every low government person is dick. Just watched that one, I just assumed that was dramatized for TV. Guess someone could be that big of an asshole. |
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Originally Posted By MaverickH1: I just flat out love it. Gerald still makes me laugh the hardest. We tried pig farming for a few years. The episodes where he and his wife are just crouching into the pig huts and grabbing up piglets gave me some serious worries. In my experience pig mommas HATE anything that makes their piglets squeal and will try to promptly destroy it. View Quote Gerald hasn't even been in season 3 yet.. |
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Originally Posted By haveTwo: Just watched that one, I just assumed that was dramatized for TV. Guess someone could be that big of an asshole. View Quote This is my thought on that. After all the dickhead moves that the local council has done, would the Prime Minister's office want to look like dickheads. Yet they did. It was underling but yet they sometimes think they have the same authority as the boss. |
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Originally Posted By atomicferret: He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. View Quote He won an award from the Brit national farmer's org in S2 for "carrying the torch" for farmers or something along those lines. |
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Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: He really did try to separate his other shows, wealth and fame from the actual day-to-day farming. He said all it takes is one bad year and you could be finished. Season 2 really showcased the bureaucracy and regulations. He couldn’t catch a break. It took a third party inspector with some common sense to put the bureaucracy in check. I think the bit with the Prime Minister was the Brit government attempt at saving face. We are here to help you, after we did everything we could possibly do to shut you down. They even hit on regenerative farming, which we are getting into as well. If the government hates him and the other farmer love him, he is doing something right. View Quote So you must think there's something in the regenerative farming. I was wondering how much was hippie BS. |
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The older guy with the mullet and the glasses…
I have yet to understand a single word he says. |
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Originally Posted By K5FAL: The older guy with the mullet and the glasses… I have yet to understand a single word he says. View Quote I think you have to be drinking. Gerald seems like a great guy. But his dialect, is very hard to understand. I actually think the rest of them struggle sometimes. |
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Originally Posted By SmilingBandit: So you must think there's something in the regenerative farming. I was wondering how much was hippie BS. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SmilingBandit: Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: He really did try to separate his other shows, wealth and fame from the actual day-to-day farming. He said all it takes is one bad year and you could be finished. Season 2 really showcased the bureaucracy and regulations. He couldn’t catch a break. It took a third party inspector with some common sense to put the bureaucracy in check. I think the bit with the Prime Minister was the Brit government attempt at saving face. We are here to help you, after we did everything we could possibly do to shut you down. They even hit on regenerative farming, which we are getting into as well. If the government hates him and the other farmer love him, he is doing something right. So you must think there's something in the regenerative farming. I was wondering how much was hippie BS. Regenerative Agriculture on a Small Scale | What it Looks Like The 'chemicals' costs keep rising and tilling of the soil helps to deplete the needed make up of the earth from farming. No till farming (regenerative) can take up to five seasons to rebuild the soil. |
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Best series on tv right now.
Clarkson making the mustard had me doubled over laughing. |
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"You get to pick your damn sacrifice. That's all. You don't get to not make one." - Jordan B. Peterson
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Originally Posted By Manduck: Best series on tv right now. Clarkson making the mustard had me doubled over laughing. View Quote That was a good scene. I've always like Clarkson, Kaleb, and Gerald. The more I watched, Charlie,Lisa and Alan the builder became favorites. Lisa is wealthy on her own, yet she seems to be a real hard worker and good sport. |
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Originally Posted By K5FAL: The older guy with the mullet and the glasses… I have yet to understand a single word he says. View Quote I come from a backwoods place where his dialect is common. But not an English accent. We often had the same looks as everyone else and I remember my dad did as well. Probably why I laugh so hard at Gerald. |
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"You get to pick your damn sacrifice. That's all. You don't get to not make one." - Jordan B. Peterson
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Originally Posted By SmilingBandit: So you must think there's something in the regenerative farming. I was wondering how much was hippie BS. View Quote Regenerative farming just makes more sense than spraying the same field, with the same fertilizer, growing the same stuff. Then usually using several pesticides, insecticides and herbicides. It completely destroys the soil. The dust bowl for example. Healthy soil should have microbes, worms, and living organisms. We till our soil here. It is hard as concrete Caliche. We amended all of it with at least 50 yards of compost. I use chicken soup for the soil fertilizer. If you watch the Biggest Little Farm, it shows the entire process on how to restore your soil from a barren wasteland to a healthy ecosystem. I understand how and why the big farmers just grow government subsidized cash crop for feed, fuel, industrial use. It is a guaranteed income. However, by doing it the way they are destroying the soil. |
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Originally Posted By Hobs98: I think you have to be drinking. Gerald seems like a great guy. But his dialect, is very hard to understand. I actually think the rest of them struggle sometimes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Hobs98: Originally Posted By K5FAL: The older guy with the mullet and the glasses I have yet to understand a single word he says. |
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"The democrats have to decide whether or not to continue defrauding the public with their ridiculous bullshit"
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Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: A lot of farmers don't need to turn a profit because of all the government subsidies. He explains it in season 3. Also, the town council made it impossible for him to make real money. I am not going to spoil 3 for you, but I think you will see how much he and his crew have become true farmers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: Originally Posted By PatriotAr15: He has yet to turn a profit. Not sure if that counts as a "legit farmer". I mean, fair enough, a lot of Farmers go years without a profit, only to finally have a few good years here and there. But I'd still say he's a bit of a hobby farmer. Again, not knocking the show. I love it. Looking forward to watching Season 3. It really does point out how hard farming is. A lot of farmers don't need to turn a profit because of all the government subsidies. He explains it in season 3. Also, the town council made it impossible for him to make real money. I am not going to spoil 3 for you, but I think you will see how much he and his crew have become true farmers. |
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He is shining the spotlight on an issue that is plaguing farmers in the us, especially specialty crop farmers. We have golden handcuffs, sure you own land that is valuable in theory, but if you can’t turn a profit farming the crops grown in your area is the ground really worth anything? Sure, if you can open a fruit stand, open a farm to table restaurant, do a winery/ brewery, or find another outlet, but if zoning, efu, county permitted won’t let you, your ground isn’t worth shit.
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Space Penises.
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His expression when he opens the door to the fungus bunker... priceless.
It's almost the same expression as when he's watching Kaleb or Gerald back a trailer or implement. He'd have an easier time following his planter marker if he didn't till the field in exactly the same direction. Till at a 30 or 45 degree angle and that problem is solved. The photography/cimematography on that show, just like the old Top Gear, is spectacular. It's enjoyable to watch. And yeah Lisa was having to do farmer work this season. Good for her. That little tracked tractor that was pulling the berry harvester disaster, I want one of those tractors Originally Posted By sca037: Just for the sport of it, turn on Closed Captioning if for no other reason than to watch them struggle (and at times- bail) on what Gerald is saying... View Quote Oh, and dupe: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2722825_Clarkson-s-Farm-Season-3-is-on-.html |
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Originally Posted By atomicferret: He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By atomicferret: Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: It is as good as the other two. As a farmer, it was nice to see him win big against the government that has been out to get him since day one. He has become a legit farmer. Both he and Kaleb said it started out as kind of a joke, but evolved into a productive farm. Sure, he is filthy rich, so he doesn’t face the struggles that other farmers do, but nobody can say he doesn’t put in a hard days work. Charlie knows farming, the business and is the glue that holds that farm together. Plus, the British humor is done well as always. Just a pleasure to watch He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. His little competition with Caleb was a great way to highlight how expensive it can be to farm. I wonder how many city people understand the risk and expense of farming. This show highlights it in an entertaining way. I originally had the impression he bought the farm because that's what rich people did. Buy a farm and have someone else run it. You can retreat to your estate when needed. At the end of season 1, he really sounded surprised at how much he had grown and loved the life of a farmer. It will be interesting to see how involved he is with the farm after the show ends. |
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Fucking put spoilers in the damn title
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Jeremy better put a ring on it. His girlfriend is a dream woman. She busts her ass, gets dirty, stays in shape, supports him...cmon Jeremy.
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Originally Posted By BobP: His little competition with Caleb was a great way to highlight how expensive it can be to farm. I wonder how many city people understand the risk and expense of farming. This show highlights it in an entertaining way. I originally had the impression he bought the farm because that's what rich people did. Buy a farm and have someone else run it. You can retreat to your estate when needed. At the end of season 1, he really sounded surprised at how much he had grown and loved the life of a farmer. It will be interesting to see how involved he is with the farm after the show ends. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By BobP: Originally Posted By atomicferret: Originally Posted By CouchCommando22: It is as good as the other two. As a farmer, it was nice to see him win big against the government that has been out to get him since day one. He has become a legit farmer. Both he and Kaleb said it started out as kind of a joke, but evolved into a productive farm. Sure, he is filthy rich, so he doesn’t face the struggles that other farmers do, but nobody can say he doesn’t put in a hard days work. Charlie knows farming, the business and is the glue that holds that farm together. Plus, the British humor is done well as always. Just a pleasure to watch He really has become a voice of the Common Farmer. He admits that he has other revenue streams, but he showcases how hard it is for a farmer to break even. So much BS bureaucracy with the town council and Health and Safety [British OSHA] regulations. His little competition with Caleb was a great way to highlight how expensive it can be to farm. I wonder how many city people understand the risk and expense of farming. This show highlights it in an entertaining way. I originally had the impression he bought the farm because that's what rich people did. Buy a farm and have someone else run it. You can retreat to your estate when needed. At the end of season 1, he really sounded surprised at how much he had grown and loved the life of a farmer. It will be interesting to see how involved he is with the farm after the show ends. Think that was the original use. Thought they said in S01 he bought it and kept the same farm manager until they retired. |
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Raised on a farm, I really enjoy the show. Love the banter between everyone.
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Lisa is quite an interesting person. To begin with, she's 6'2, educated, and is reputedly worth several million pounds. It's her money, earned from a career in acting and modeling. She was also married to a Baron at one time, and survived a crash in his Lear jet...
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Originally Posted By Osprey61: Lisa is quite an interesting person. To begin with, she's 6'2, educated, and is reputedly worth several million pounds. It's her money, earned from a career in acting and modeling. She was also married to a Baron at one time, and survived a crash in his Lear jet... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/457055/Clarkson_jpeg-3214121.JPG View Quote I'm in love with her accent and her irish "no fucks given" attitude about every thing. |
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I really appreciate what Jeremy is doing. Farming is hard. Real hard. He’s a smart businessman buy finding new ways to bring in revenue, while battling the bureaucrats.
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