![Farmer Wants A Wife stars Clare Hockings and Brad Jones are all smiles as they announce they are expecting a baby. Farmer Brad, from Cootamundra, met Clare on the latest season of the popular reality television show. Picture from Instagram (Clare_Hockings) Farmer Wants A Wife stars Clare Hockings and Brad Jones are all smiles as they announce they are expecting a baby. Farmer Brad, from Cootamundra, met Clare on the latest season of the popular reality television show. Picture from Instagram (Clare_Hockings)](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yKyzS5MkFCYtCA2z8EAGJL/d821077a-1f8c-4a94-912e-2efb111f6575.png/r0_0_986_1068_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
It's the happy-ever-after popular Riverina farmer Brad Jones hoped for when he signed up for season 13 of Farmer Wants A Wife.
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Not only did the 32-year-old Cootamundra cattle and crop farmer find love with Clare Hockings, 28 - they are now expecting a baby.
Brad and Clare moved in together in February, with Clare settling into the Riverina community three months before the show wrapped up in May.
On Monday, Clare announced the news the pair were expecting via her Instagram, confirming they are set to welcome their firstborn in December. "We're so excited to meet our newest little farmhand," she said.
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The preschool teacher was one of several contestants to try their luck at winning the charming farmer's heart.
Clare, who is in her second trimester, and Brad are now taking a step back from the cameras to focus on their little family.
In a recent post to his Instagram, farmer Brad said he had gone on the Channel 7 reality TV show with one goal in mind - to find "a partner in crime".