Farmer Profile

Tim Trottier

Tim Trottier

 Geelong VIC, Australia
 Victoria
Melbourne, South West Vic
 Freelance land manager.
 Project firefighter (Parks Victoria), Farm assistant (Little River Pork) Field Service Officer (Parks Victoria), Pest manager (Mt. Rothwell)...ect.
 1-3 Years

Farming Preferences:

1 = no skill level, 4 = most skill level

  • Market garden 3
  • Chickens 3
  • Specialty Crops 3
  • Sheep 2
  • Beef 2
  • Other livestock 2
  • Dairy 2
  • Goats 2
  • Broad Acre Cropping 1
  • Viticulture 1
  • Other Farming Preferences: Bush foods, mushrooms, bees, cut flowers, aquaculture, agrotourism, regenerative farming,

Farming Skills:

1 = no skill level, 4 = most skill level

  • Human Resources 3
  • Planning 3
  • Fencing 3
  • Machinery Operation 3
  • Business Management 2
  • Livestock Mustering 2
  • Marketing 2
  • Sales 2
  • Book Keeping 2
  • Animal Husbandry 2
  • Agronomy 1
  • Orcharding 1
  • Accounting 1
  • Cropping 1
  • Other Farming Skills: Soil health, Conservation and Land Management, small scale gardens, arborist, vineyard maintenance (picking, pruning, netting, irrigation), beginner welding, construction, firefighting, the ability to think on the fly and adapt to situations.

Farming Methods:

1 = no skill level, 4 = most skill level

  • Biodynamic 4
  • Regenerative 4
  • Grass fed 3
  • Permaculture 3
  • Conventional 2
  • Organic 2
  • Urban 1
  • Other Farming Methods: None

Farm Opportunities Sought:

  • Equity
  • Lease
  • Share Farm
  • Vendor Finance

What have you been doing to get farm ready?

Why are you passionate about farming?

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