Contestant from Farmer Wants A Wife defends himself against accusations of not being a true farmer

Every season Channel Seven’s dating series Farmer Wants A Wife is rocked by controversy that some of the farmers aren’t ‘real’.

And this year, it’s Queensland-based Bert Harris, a pineapple farmer from Wamuran, who has found himself in the thick of controversy.

Several fans believe that Bert is just ‘a grower’. 

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‘A farmer to me has sheep, cattle, [and] wheat,’ one fan wrote under a Facebook video about Bert.

‘Work from dawn to dusk, shearing, droving, marking sheep, drenching, ploughing, harvesting. Thousands of acres… that’s my farmer, not someone who grows pineapples,’ a second wrote.

Farmer Wants A Wife’s Bert Harris has hit back at shock claims he is ‘not a real farmer’ despite owning a pineapple farm in Wamuran, Queensland

‘Do any of these guys actually have a farm in their name?’ a third asked. 

‘So, they all own a farm this year, right? I guess we’ll find out soon,’ a sceptical fan wrote. ‘So, does he own the farm or just work on it?’ yet another asked.

However, Bert and fellow contestant Dustin Manwaring have hit back at the claims in a hilarious chat with Yahoo Lifestyle.

 The duo playfully dismissed the claims, with Dustin teasing Bert about not being a ‘real farmer’ because of his choice of crop.

Several fans believe that Bert is just ‘a grower’. ‘A farmer to me has sheep, cattle, [and] wheat,’ one fan wrote under a Facebook video about Bert 

‘Apparently, I’m not a real farmer,’ Bert added, with Dustin joking, ‘Actually, you’re not!’ 

‘A pineapple farmer isn’t a farmer, I suppose,’ Bert jokingly responded.

‘Yeah, that doesn’t count as a farm.’

Bert is pictured on his pineapple farm with his father  

‘Gotta have sheep, cows, and tractors – you’ve got tractors?’ Dustin asked, as Bert said he did, in fact, have tractors.

‘But, nah, you don’t count,’ Dustin added with a laugh. 

Bert then joked that he is not a real farmer because he hasn’t been spotted at the local bakery.

‘The local bakery – someone said that I wasn’t a real farmer because they had never seen me in the bakery before,’ Bert recounted with a smile.

‘So I can’t tell if they just don’t have good meat pies, or if I’m just not a farmer!’

Farmer Wants A Wife continues Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Seven.

Farmer Wants A Wife continues Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Seven