Queensland farmer Sam reveals why he hopes Farmer Wants A Wife will help him meet a country girl
Third generation Innisfail sugar cane farmer Sam met a girl “once in a blue moon” and found they all wanted the same thing. So he applied for Farmer Wants A Wife hoping to finally meet his farm-loving match.
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TROPICAL fruit farmer Sam believes Aussie women have lost sight of the beauty of country living.
The 28-year-old, a third generation farmer from Innisfail, has been single for two years after struggling to date in the Far North Queensland town of 7,200 people.
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“I don’t find a lot of women who want to live in a small town. I found people who want to move to the city and it’s difficult,” Sam told Confidential. “These days no one sees the beauty of living in the country.”
“I’d meet someone once in a blue moon but I never had that connection.”
He applied for the rebootedFarmer Wants A Wifein the hope he would find a woman genuinely interested in moving to his farm.
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“I saw an ad (for the dating show) on Facebook. It was a Sunday afternoon and I thought I might as well apply, I thought there might be some genuine people out there.”
“I sent a picture of me and my tractor and I got a call the next day.”
“A lot of people thought I was crazy. What have I got to lose?”
“I knew if someone applied they would genuinely be looking for someone. It’s not Married At First Sight.”
“I just said to them, ‘I need a girl with a beautiful heart and who will be a great mother to my kids’, that’s basically it.”
In the Channel 7 show, Sam selects a small number of women, from the many who applied to date him, to stay with him on his farm, where he lives with his father and grandfather, who bought the sugar cane property in 1958.
They expanded into tropical fruit a decade ago and while they are safe from drought in Far North Queensland, poor global prices of sugar cane has caused financial strain.
“I think that’s why a lot of people get put off farming because it is hard work,” Sam said.
“(But) I could never walk away from it. No way. The people that do walk away from the farm it’s because they financially can’t go any further. It becomes a part of you, a part of who you are.”
Channel 7 today revealed the women vying for the hearts of Sam and farmers Alex, Neil, Nick and Harry.
Sam’s suitors include reiki practitioner Natalie, 30, nurse Riley, 23, Madeleine, 24, a child educator, public relations executive Kirsten, 28, local government worker Karina, 29, student and waitress Emily, 24, client partner Sophie, 28, and visual merchandiser Ainsley, 27.
The network is yet to announce an air date for the show.