--- title: Bachelor Chris Soules: Farm Dates and Puns to Look Out For description: Chris Soules is the leading man in the next season of The Bachelor: Farmer Gets a Wifem, and we can't wait for these farm dates canonical: https://time.com/3193780/the-bachelor-chris-soules-farm-dates/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-27T16:10:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T05:54:00.000Z og:title: 6 farm dates we need to see on Chris Soules' season of The Bachelor og:description: Let's get hog wild, and other terrible puns. og:url: https://time.com/3193780/the-bachelor-chris-soules-farm-dates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6238a5a8aea089ba/69869f633617607e2390d70b/chris-soules-bachelor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2046 og:image:height: 1151 og:image:alt: Chris Soules was on the tenth edition of "The Bachelorette" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 farm dates we need to see on Chris Soules' season of The Bachelor twitter:description: Let's get hog wild, and other terrible puns. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6238a5a8aea089ba/69869f633617607e2390d70b/chris-soules-bachelor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 6 Farm Dates We Need To See on Chris Soules' Season of _The Bachelor_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 14, 2023 5:54 AM UTCPublished: Aug 27, 2014 4:10 PM UTC  Chris Soules was on the tenth edition of "The Bachelorette" Chris Soules was on the tenth edition of "The Bachelorette"Craig Sjodin—ABC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 14, 2023 5:54 AM UTCPublished: Aug 27, 2014 4:10 PM UTC Chris Soules, a stable and successful farmer from quite possibly the [smallest town in the world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,%5FIowa), begins his reign on ABC’s _The Bachelor_ [Monday night](http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor). Let’s just call this season[ _Farmer Gets a Wife_](http://time.com/3184797/chris-soules-bachelor/). Last season, Soules’ mother assured Bachelorette Andi that “there’s no limit for a woman on a farm nowadays.” And we are sure that _Bachelor_ producers, never shying away from a theme-date or pun, (pilot Jake Pavleka’s season was called _On the Wings of Love_, complete with its own eponymous song and everything), will be sure to teach us exactly what life on the Iowa farm would be like in the form of ridiculous date cards. This season on the _Bachelor_, expect the “surprise concerts” to be country, the strategically placed couches in the middle of the wilderness to be replaced with haystacks, and helicopters to be swapped out for tractors. These are the farming dates we are the least, and by that I mean most, excited for: **Find a needle in a haystack** The winner of this group date is rewarded with one-on-one time and the promise of love everlasting, of course. The losers go home to cry and pick the hay out of each others’ hair. (Or, if there’s a hairdresser this season, learn how to incorporate them into elaborate braids for the Rose Ceremony). Pun potential: I mean, implied **Catch a greased pig**Where mud wrestling meets _Babe_. Pun potential: “Let’s get hog wild!” “I want to be his prize pig.” **Cook Chris a farm fresh breakfast using only products found on the farm** Chris told Andi that his wife doesn’t have to be a homemaker. The “big” city of Cedar Rapids is only an hour away. But let’s face it, knowing your way around a hen house and kitchen is going to be a plus. Pun alert: “I am putting all of my eggs in this basket. Apart from the ones I’ve frozen. I really want to get married.” **A corn maze race** Especially appropriate considering that Chris grows corn. Pun alert from the loser: “Shucks!” **Shear a sheep** The wise contestant will hoard her wool throughout the competition and give Chris a hand-knitted sweater toward the end of the season, shouting from the barn rooftops, “I choose ewe!” Pun alert: “I’m in sheer disbelief that such a manly, gentle, gentleman farmer exists.” **Assist with the birthing of an animal**Just as contestants in past seasons have compared rappelling off the side of a building to rappelling into their potential mate’s heart, this date will be all about the metaphors. 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