Mr. Vlooi du Toit’s Potberg Dohnes staged the first production sale of the Dohne Merino Breed Society this sales season in the Southern Cape region on the 21st of January 2016. The excellent agricultural area of the Southern Cape, may arguably least affected by the national drought of disaster proportions in the whole of Southern Africa. Accordingly the Potberg Dohne stud’s rams were in good demand and the sales figures below indicate steady demand for high quality animals.
Potberg Dohnes, Bredasdorp: Top Price 32000 x 2 (73 rams sold at an average of R9150)
Photo L/R: Pieter de Villiers(buyer, Bredasdorp), Stefan van der Westhuizen (CMW), Nicolaas de Villiers (buyer, Bredasdorp), Michiel Dowrie (handler), Francois and Vlooi du Toit (sellers, Wydgeleë), Pieter Ward (handler), Willem-Jan van Deventer (buyer, Blydskaptrust, Riviersonderend).