Channel 7 is looking for a new batch of farmers and singles who are ready to find love on the 2026 season of Farmer Wants A Wife!
For the upcoming 2026 season, FWAW producers are searching ladies who are looking for their perfect match.
In August 2025, Channel 7 took to Instagram to confirm the six new farmers looking for love next year, and put a call out for single women looking for their forever farmer.
Applicants have to be over the age of 21 to apply for the show. They must also disclose if they have any current or past criminal convictions. And they must be available to film from early October 2025 to mid-December 2025.
FWAW is by far the most successful reality dating series on Australian TV, with many couples who were paired together on the show going on to marry and start families together. But the show has been mostly focused on casting male farmers and female contestants who are looking for love.
In fact, Farmer Wants A Wife has only cast four female farmers over its 15-year run — season 3’s Jenny Blake, season 5’s Becky Casanova, season 6’s Melia Brent-White , and season 12’s Paige Marsh.
FWAW fans have called for a change, taking to social media to share their hopes to see a female farmer onscreen soon.
“Get some female farmers in between 30 and 50 so I can apply. I know they’re out there,” one male fan commented when the application process was announced this year.
“Female Farmers next please,” another chipped in.
FWAW fans have also provided Channel 7 with some more feedback about the show after this season wrapped up. Some fans asked the show to cast more interesting farmers and to go back to its original format.
“Please producers let 2026 episodes be less of a train wreck than this season. Go back to the original format,” one person commented.
“God I hope it’s better than this year,” added someone else.
“Ones with a personality would be great,” said a third.
Some viewers of the show are also calling on producers to cast older farmers in the next season.
“How about getting some more older farmers into the show — I mean farmers who are between 30 and 50 years old and have grown out of that playboy phase, and older women who are more mature and far less catty,” one person wrote.
“Older farmers would be lovely to see,” another agreed. “Yes, it’s a bit hard to believe that a 22-year-old is really looking for a wife!” said a third.
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