There are few other programmes The Dealer enjoys more than Clarkson’s Farm, with the petrol head-cum-farmer entertaining and educating the masses on Diddly Squat farm.

Season five, which is due for release on 3 June, sees an autonomous tractor put Kaleb out of a job, while TB hits some of Clarkson’s Shorthorn herd.

The Dealer’s ears pricked up when they saw that Clarkson has opted for a flock of Easycare sheep to help cut the labour associated with sheep farming.

Wool shedding

Having started off with a flock of Mule ewes and Suffolk rams in season one, the wool-shedding sheep have been the latest addition, while our own Tullamore Farm introduced the breed two years ago.

Has Clarkson been reading the Tullamore Farm weekly updates and copied from the Irish Farmers Journal?