Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper has opened up on the issues the UK farming industry faces revealing he only pays himself 50p an hour.

The 24-year-old contract from Chipping Norton has risen to fame following his appearances on the hit Amazon show where he constantly comes to the rescue of the former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson.

Despite Kaleb's no-nonsense approach, it is clear, whilst talking on the Performance People podcast, the pair have developed a close friendship.

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On the podcast, the duo talked about the making of the show whilst Kaleb also opened up on the challenges faced by UK farmers due to things such as Brexit.

He has recently started his own business by purchasing eight claves, and the father-of-two also said that it is his dream to be able to run his own farm in Oxford.

Talking on the podcast, hosted by Ben and Georgie Ainslie, 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.

“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.

He continued: “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 added that he wants to expand his venture and has already decided which animals he will add in the future.

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He said: “My main goal is by far to buy my own farm, you know, and then that is where the dream is.

“The day I wake up on my own farm, walk out the front door and go ‘on that field there, I'm gonna plant wheat.

“Not because anyone tells me to because simply I want to and then I can go right in that barn there, this year we're gonna go and get some pigs.

“I'm going to try and make money out of that. That is when the dream is complete.”

Last year Kaleb released his first book, Sunday Times Bestseller The World According to Kaleb.

In the book, he wrote about life's big issues, fun facts and his now famous changing hairstyles.