There was a little bit for everyone at the Henty Machinery Field Day but one stall holder in particular was breaking barriers in her quest to help local farmers find love.
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Sarah Schmidt is the owner of Country Dating and bought the business 20 years ago after seeing an ad in the newspaper.
It was her seventh year attending the Henty field day and she said there was more to her stall than just finding love for farmers.
"It's good for the farmers' mental health," she said.
"Lots of farmers really, really struggle if they're having hard years and if they've got someone to support them, it makes life quite a bit easier for them.”
Ms Schmidt hoped to break down misconceptions about rural and regional dating and said the stall was something she had “wanted to do for a long time”.
“It’s a really hard thing to ring someone like me and admit you need a hand but because I make the first step with reaching out to people, it helps break all of those awkward barriers down,” she said.
