‘If I put myself on £10, I don’t make money’: Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper says he ‘pays himself 50p an hour’ as he highlights farming difficulties
Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has said he ‘pays himself 50p an hour’ as he highlighted difficulties within farming on Friday.
The farmer, 24, who rose to fame on the TV show with Jeremy Clarkson, has since set out on his own venture and purchased eight calves.
Speaking in a recent interview, he explained the costs of feeding the animals and that he must take a low wage in order to eventually make a profit on them.
Kaleb told the Perfomance People podcast: ‘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.
‘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.’
Working hard: Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has said he ‘pays himself 50p an hour’ as he highlighted difficulties within farming on Friday
He added: ‘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. But if I put myself at £10 an hour I don’t make money, I lose money on the calves.’
Kaleb stars as one half of the unlikely double act that’s been a big part of the reason Clarkson’s Farm has been such a hit on Amazon Prime Video.
The show which follows Jeremy’s attempts to manage his own 1,000-acre plot after his previous farmer retired, recently broke viewing records.
The season 2 premiere of the farming show was watched by 4.3M viewers according to Barb, the official audience research group.
The figures made it Amazon’s highest rated show since the company began reporting viewing figures in November 2021, beating smash hit The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which launched on the platform last year with 3.2M viewers.
The figures made it Amazon’s highest rated show since the company began reporting viewing figures in November 2021, beating smash hit The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which launched on the platform last year with 3.2M viewers.
The show also beat TV heavy weights last week with a bigger audience than Love Island and the BRIT Awards.
Earlier this week Kaleb shared a sweet post of himself cuddling son Oscar as they watched the Amazon show together.
On screen: The farmer who rose to fame on the TV show with Jeremy Clarkson, has since set out on his own venture and purchased eight calves
Farming: Kaleb said: ‘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’
With a cider in hand, the father-and-son duo looked snuggly as they sat under a dinosaur blanket in their living room.
Beneath the photo, Kaleb wrote: ‘Clarkson farm s2 on ✅ now time to relax after a busy day.
‘Oscar loves Clarkson’s farm that’s all he wants on.thank you all so much for the lovely messages ❤️. Cider in hand for refreshment of course.’
The return to Diddly Squat after the first series in June 2021 sees Jeremy, his level-headed girlfriend Lisa and lovable aide Kaleb tackle a series of challenges – including Brexit delays, council struggles, badger enemies and a plan to open a restaurant.
‘Now time to relax after a busy day’ Earlier this week Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper shared a sweet post of himself cuddling son Oscar as they watched the Amazon show together
CLARKSON’S FARM SERIES TWO: The Reviews
THE GUARDIAN
‘Infectiously funny’
Rating: 
‘It would be too much to say Jeremy Clarkson is complex, or an enigma. He does not contain multitudes. But he does have the disarming ability to present different versions of himself. At one end of the Clarkson spectrum is the Right-wing bully columnist, at the other is the presenter of Clarkson’s Farm, a perfectly agreeable celebrity-out-of-their-depth reality show. It’s something the man’s many, not-incorrect detractors might not have thought him capable of: harmless fun’
INDEPENDENT
‘Jeremy is a terrifically articulate and charismatic advocate for rural issues’
Rating:
‘Those with a low Clarkson-tolerance will struggle with Clarkson’s Farm. It is filled with Clarksonisms and blokey pomposity… But what Clarkson understands – has always understood, from the early days of Top Gear – is that there is a sweet spot of confected reality, somewhere between Keeping Up with the Kardashians and the News at Ten’
STUFF
‘The UK’s favourite acerbic antediluvians still makes addictive television’
‘Clarkson’s Farm continues to delight, showcasing a softer side to the now 62-year-old, while still proving that he is just as irascible, irrepressible and irresponsible as ever… Throw in some adroitly and humorously chosen classic soundtrack cuts (featuring everyone from The Who to Simon and Garfunkel) and, love him or hate him, you can’t help but be captivated by Clarkson’s attempts to transform his farm into something that’s both profitable and sustainable’
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