THIS year’s hay season is shaping up to be one of the best on record, according to Mallee farmer Gordon Trigg.

The fourth-generation farmer, based on the outskirts of Ouyen, is in the midst of cutting 1200 hectares of vetch, which will be baled for hay in the coming weeks.

Mr Trigg has been farming in the district for more than five decades.

His great-great grandfather settled in the region i...