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Local turnout makes for top South Canterbury day.
Recently we were on-farm at Orari Gorge Station to film a video about their big sale day.
Orari Gorge Stn is a 4000 hectare farm in the South Canterbury foothills. Managed by fifth generation owner Robert Peacock, in January Orari Gorge Station ran its annual on-farm lamb sale. Joe Higgins and Rod Sands of PGG Wrightson Livestock assisted on the station’s big day, with plenty of interest from local buyers alongside farmers from further afield. Top price was for a pen of black face lambs, which sold for $173 per head.
A big thankyou to the Peacock's for having us at Orari Gorge Station for the annual on-farm lamb and ewe sale.
Some great footage in the video, and an impressive local turnout making for a top South Canterbury day.
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