In today’s deeply heartfelt and honest episode, Katja sits down with Elaine Burnett, a woman whose story will resonate with every farm wife, partner, daughter, and woman navigating her place in agriculture.

Elaine opens up about returning to farm life, finding her role in a 6th-generation family farming business, and the emotional adjustments that come with blending past experiences, drought recovery, family dynamics, and rediscovering confidence after time away from ag.

This episode is filled with warmth, humour, practical wisdom, and the kind of raw truth that rural women rarely say out loud — but desperately need to hear.

🌟 In This Episode You’ll Hear About:

🔹 Elaine’s Farming Background

• Growing up as the daughter of a hardworking farm manager
• Showing Herefords, horse work, campdrafting, and country childhood memories
• The difference between farming under a manager vs farming with tight budgets
• How her father's high standards shaped her expectations on today's property

🔹 Family, Roles & Real Talk About Farm Life

• Living and working with her partner and his mum
• The emotional shift of going from independence to integrating into a big family
• How different generations communicate, cope, work, and support each other
• The long, unspoken list of jobs farm women do: cleaner, gardener, fencer, stock hand, bookkeeper, driver, feed-runner, lamb-rearer, mum, organiser, glue that holds it all together…

🔹 Harvest Her Power Conference

• Why Elaine nearly didn’t come
• What made her buy the ticket
• The moment a simple badge and a stranger’s words changed everything
• The power of community, support, and hearing other women’s stories
• Why she says: “Please come — sit with me.”

💬 Best Quotes from Elaine in This Episode

• “When you’re the daughter of a farm manager, someone else pays the bills — everything has to be perfect.”
• “I thought I was useless. The conference reminded me how much I actually do.”
• “You’ve got livestock, you’ve got deadstock — I’d forgotten how confronting that can be.”
• “I’m a lucky new farmer.”
• “Please come to the conference. Especially if you think it’s not for you.”

🌱 This Episode Is For You If…

✔ You’re a woman living or working on a farm ✔ You’re trying to find your place in a family farming business ✔ You’re overwhelmed, undervalued, or unsure if you’re “doing enough” ✔ You’re craving connection with other rural women ✔ You’re navigating drought recovery, workload stress, or farm-family dynamics ✔ You’re considering attending the Harvest Her Power Conferen

Harvest Her Power; Empowerment and Skills Conference for women in family farming.

https://farmwivesconference.com.au/

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