Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has been part of the Amazon Prime series since 2021 and he’s worked tirelessly alongside Jeremy Clarkson to ensure his land and animals are well cared for.
Former Top Gear star Clarkson has owned Diddly Squat Farm since 2008 and took over the running of the plot in 2019 following the retirement of its previous farmer, entertaining millions of those who tune in to the series.
Through the series, Cooper has always shared his desire to buy his own farm, and now with the success of the show it seems he may finally be able to do so.
Cooper – who has lived in Chipping Norton his whole life – previously spoke about only paying himself 50p an hour for the long days he worked due to the cost of running a farm.
Discussing the tough times, Cooper said to Ben and Georgie Ainslie’s Performance People podcast back in 2022: “When I’m working for myself when I’m feeding my calves in the morning…
“I bought eight calves, it’s like a little bit of a new business idea that I’m doing, buying calves in and then feeding them on milk, which costs me about £200 a calf, then selling them at nine months.
Jeremy recently promoted Kaleb to manager of the farm
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“I’m trying to get a profit and see if it will work. I worked it out the other day, do you know how much my hourly rate is, how much I pay myself? 50p an hour.”
The dad-of-two may be able to reach his farm goal sooner than he thought after he almost doubled the cash in the bank from the two businesses he runs.
Kaleb Cooper Productions Limited – the company which looks after his TV-related activities and began in 2021 – is the first of his businesses that is doing well, and has seen its year-end earnings jump from £122,436 to £242,449.
His second business – Kaleb Cooper Contracting Limited – has also seen a turn in profits and seen its year-on-year cash in the bank increase from £52,067 to £96,387.
Kaleb has always discussed the prospect of running his own farm
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The figures which can be viewed by Companies House show that Cooper has upped his equity across both companies by a whopping £164,333, making his dream of becoming a farm owner more of a reality.
On top of his businesses doing well, Cooper recently received a promotion from Clarkson, with Lisa Hogan admitting she was incredibly proud of how far he has come.
“He knows the farm back to front so that was a natural progression for him. He knew exactly what to put in and where. He’s so lovely, Kaleb, he’s so genuine.
“I’m really proud of him. He’s an entrepreneur. This is another job for him. He has his contracting business, he has his tour, he works for Jeremy, and appears on the show.
Kaleb Cooper has come into a wealth of money
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“It’s just one more thing he does. It’s about being a businessman more than it is about being a starlet.”
Hogan isn’t the only one who had praise to give, as Cooper recently explained the “one thing” that Clarkson was good at on the farm: “Bear with me, it’s hard to get this out.
“He’s not a bad pig farmer. He’s actually really good at it. It’s the one job I can leave him do, and he’s surprisingly good. Jeremy has been really good at inventing his own stuff to help with the pigs.
“He’s great at bringing piglets into the world and takes pride in them. It’s amazing to see. It’s a skill, pig farming. Although I don’t want to big him up too much,” he told The Sun.
