Our Yorkshire Farm‘s Amanda Owen admitted ‘things aren’t going to plan’ after a farm was ‘wrecked’ and an exasperated star of her son Reuben’s show ‘reached for his P45 to quit’.

The second series of Reuben’s show Reuben Owen: Life In The Dales, about his attempt to grow a machinery business with friends, is currently airing on Channel 5.

It is a spin-off from Our Yorkshire Farm, the beloved reality show that introduced us to the Owen family and followed their life on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales from 2018 to 2022.

And it comes hot on the heels of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids, after parents Amanda and Clive split in 2022, and subsequently attempt to renovate a nearby farmhouse while co-parenting their nine children.

However their second eldest child, 21-year-old Reuben, hit a major roadblock on last night’s episode of his own programme.

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The second series of Reuben's show Reuben Owen: Life In The Dales, about his attempt to grow a machinery business with friends, is currently airing on Channel 5
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The second series of Reuben’s show Reuben Owen: Life In The Dales, about his attempt to grow a machinery business with friends, is currently airing on Channel 5

It is a spin-off from Our Yorkshire Farm, the beloved reality show that introduced us to the Owen family and followed their life on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales from 2018 to 2022
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It is a spin-off from Our Yorkshire Farm, the beloved reality show that introduced us to the Owen family and followed their life on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales from 2018 to 2022

But their second eldest child, 21-year-old Reuben, hit a major roadblock on last night's episode of his own programme (pictured)
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But their second eldest child, 21-year-old Reuben, hit a major roadblock on last night’s episode of his own programme (pictured)

The instalment followed Reuben and his gang as they filled in some potholes on a private road to Amanda and Clive’s Ravenseat Farm in the Swaledale valley of Yorkshire.

Reuben said: ‘It’s quite nice to be doing jobs for your family. You tend to put your own jobs off and I have been putting this job off for ages.

‘But mum has finally given me enough stick that today, we are going to tackle it.’

The crew started the work, using Reuben’s brand-new, 26-tonne loading shovel, which his farmhand pal Capper took for a spin on some grassy ground.

But trouble soon started when Capper got the equipment stuck in the mud.

‘It’s just bad, isn’t it?’, Reuben said, as his friend explained how the error happened: ‘I do apologise Reuben. So, yeah, I parked it there [on the grass], thinking [the ground] was hard.

‘It looked hard. But then it sunk and got more stuck and more stuck and more stuck. I’m just going to fill in my P45 now, while I’m on it. Today is not my day.’

As Capper anxiously rubbed his face, the gang tried to come up with ideas as to how to resolve it.

The instalment followed Reuben and his gang as they filled in some potholes on a private road to Amanda and Clive's Ravenseat Farm in the Swaledale valley of Yorkshire
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The instalment followed Reuben and his gang as they filled in some potholes on a private road to Amanda and Clive’s Ravenseat Farm in the Swaledale valley of Yorkshire

Reuben said sharply: ‘What did I say before you parked it there?’

His friend replied: ‘Not on the grass. I’m a k***head. Employee of the month it is. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry or both.’

As his crew looked on in apprehension, Reuben tried to get the machinery unstuck –  but to no avail.

To make matters worse, Amanda soon arrived, with her other two sons Miles and Sid – so there was no concealing the stuck machine and churned-up ground.

‘Does this alter the timeframe for me getting my road mended?’, she joked.

She continued: ‘Well, I’ve just come down to see how Reuben is coming on with mending my road but he seems to have not mended the road and he also seems to be wrecking the field.

‘And even better, it’s not my field, it’s my next door neighbour’s, so it looks like things aren’t going to plan and actually looks like a bit of a disaster at the moment.

‘Look at Reuben’s little face – even he is completely stumped as to what to do.’

Trouble soon started when Capper got some brand-new equipment stuck in the mud
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Trouble soon started when Capper got some brand-new equipment stuck in the mud

His co-worker Sonny agreed: ‘I’ve never seen Reuben so disappointed. He’s a bit upset but we’ll get it out.’

Leaping into action, Reuben soon came up with a plan to resolve the issue – while Capper headed down to talk to the neighbours.

Soon able to make jokes about it, Reuben laughed: ‘You know when you just feel like you shouldn’t have got out of bed this morning?’

Amanda replied: ‘I’ll tell you something – your dad’s going to kill you.’

But things started looking up when Reuben decided to use a two-tonne, 60-year-old tractor, known as the Major, to dislodge the machinery.

Though the strain on the tractor was visible, the shovel soon started to come unstuck.

Pleasantly surprised, Amanda said: ‘I’m impressed. I didn’t think it’d do that.

‘I’m proud of them. And to be quite honest with you, Reuben does seem to enjoy a bit of a challenge.

To make matters worse, Amanda soon arrived, with her other two sons Miles and Sid - so there was no concealing the stuck machine and churned-up ground
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To make matters worse, Amanda soon arrived, with her other two sons Miles and Sid – so there was no concealing the stuck machine and churned-up ground

‘He likes problem solving and anything that involves him getting the old tractor out and making bad things go good.’

She finished: ‘I’m not thrilled about it and it looks like I’m going to have to wait a little bit longer to get my road mended but good old Reuben.’

And later in the episode, Reuben, Capper and Sonny brought things back from the brink, enlisting Sid, Miles and Reuben’s dad Clive to finally get the tarmac down.

It comes after Reuben faced controversy last month over a ‘disgusting and disturbing’ video of him shared online by his mother Amanda.

Earlier this month, the 50-year-old shepherdess took to Instagram to share a clip of Reuben, 21, helping her out on the farm.

In the clip, mum-of-nine Amanda can be heard saying: ‘Well, this is what you’ve been getting up to in lambing fields,’ while Reuben is laying across an ewe and lamb.

He then picks up the ewe by the horns and she tells her son: ‘You did great there! And you got the lamb at the same time.’

Amanda captioned the post: ‘Caught ewe. Reuben downs tools and springs into action.

Earlier this month, the 50-year-old shepherdess took to Instagram to share a clip (pictured) of Reuben, 21, helping her out on the farm
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Earlier this month, the 50-year-old shepherdess took to Instagram to share a clip (pictured) of Reuben, 21, helping her out on the farm

In the clip, mum-of-nine Amanda can be heard saying: 'Well, this is what you've been getting up to in lambing fields,' while Reuben is laying across an ewe and lamb'
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In the clip, mum-of-nine Amanda can be heard saying: ‘Well, this is what you’ve been getting up to in lambing fields,’ while Reuben is laying across an ewe and lamb’

‘*Everyone lends a hand, there is no one exempt from lambing time tasks*.’

But many fans were confused by the post and did not like seeing Reuben handle the ewe as they did not know what he was actually doing.

Some took to leaving comments including, ‘Why are you treating the ewe like that? Absolutely disgusting and I’m disappointed as I thought you were better than that.’

Or, ‘I didn’t like how you held the sheep! Absolutely disturbing! Animals are treated with respect and not like trash!’

In an interview with The Telegraph, Reuben responded to the online furore and said: ‘I don’t have the time or the inclination to scroll through social media.’

The young farmer added: ‘If you do ever see me on my phone, I’ll be searching for machinery sales.’

Some did jump to the 21-year-old’s defence however and penned: ‘Please ignore comments from any animal activist… if we all listened to them nothing would ever get done and we’d all be starving by now . Carry on farming.’

Another said: ‘Kindness is a gift, if you cannot say anything nice please say nothing at all.’

Reuben Owen: Life In The Dales is available to watch on Channel 5.