But last month he was in the middle of seeding 7000 acres of winter crops like canola and wheat, around Dookie.
That sort of work is pretty time critical, but not as much as the hay and silage he makes with six tractors, three round balers and three square balers, every spring.
Five of Trevor's six tractors are German made Fendts, which can legally and safely travel at up to 80km/hr between jobs, which means trucks to move plant are not necessary.
Neither is much technical knowledge of the machinery. “They run themselves and tell me if anything is wrong with them,” Trevor said.
In a normal silage/hay season, Trevor and his team starts mowing around Thoona, moves through to Benalla and onward to home district Molyullah, before moving back to Thoona to largely make square bales west of the Hume and round bales to the east, through the same paddocks.
Our next speaker, on Tuesday June 7, will be Scott Stowe, a wild dog controller, talking about his work.
David Palmer