Farming dreams are one step closer to reality thanks to a helping hand from the Cotswolds’ best-known young farmer.
Kaleb Cooper, star of Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm, has supported two more students in the third year of his agriculture bursary, funding study at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester.
The 2025/26 recipients of the RAU Kaleb Cooper Agriculture Bursary are 23-year-old Robyn Sherriff and 19-year-old Isaac Covington.
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Mr Cooper said: "Today is a special day.
"I’m so happy that we’re now in our third year of awarding this bursary to yet more truly deserving students.
"We have to keep fresh, hard-working, talented young people entering this industry – whatever their background.
"Celebrating ambition, skills, and creativity from all walks of life is something I truly believe farming and agriculture can do brilliantly."
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Mr Cooper met Isaac at today’s Cereals event at Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, where the two students were publicly announced as the latest bursary recipients.
Isaac, from Cherhill near Calne, has completed his first year of a BSc in agriculture at the RAU.
He said: "I am not at all from a farming background – my mum is an artist and my dad works in IT – but, when I was younger, I went to a lot of big machinery days and Open Farm Sundays and I just loved the idea of working with animals and machinery."
He plans to use the bursary to buy Aberdeen Angus calves for a smallholding in his village, describing it as a crucial step toward his dream of owning his own farm.
Robyn, who is now working on her parents’ farm in Zambia, used the funding to purchase a second-hand car and reduce her part-time workload.
She said: "Receiving the bursary has totally changed my university experience.
She described it as a "massive difference" to both her studies and day-to-day life.
