"For a young guy, it's good to be attending. It's something I'm passionate about."
He had always had a passion for farming and the agriculture sector, which started when he was young helping his father on the farm, he said.
As he grew up, Mr Peter wanted to gain as much knowledge as he could, so went to Lincoln University after high school and completed a bachelor of agricultural science with honours.
He went on to work for Landcorp in an operations technician role before he made the decision to go back farming in 2006, he said.
At the same time he started stud breeding.
In 2012 he bought 120ha of the family farm, which he moved back to in 2015 after working as a technical officer for Alliance for three years.
The 120ha Mr Peter bought was run organically, so he had spent the past two years developing the land and lifting its carrying capacity, he said.
"I'm about halfway through that."
He leases the remainder of the farm and runs 430ha in total.
To date, one of Mr Peter's biggest farming achievements was being named a finalist in the Glammies two years in a row, he said.
"I've only entered them twice and I've been a finalist twice."
This year he won a bronze in the Best of Breed: Crossbreed section.Mr Peter said his focus for the past few years had been on meat yield, but this was shifting to the eating quality of the animal.
Outside of farming, Mr Peter is involved with many organisations in the agriculture sector.
What started with the New Zealand Young Farmers has now evolved into being on the southern South Island farmer council as vice-chairman.
"I got involved with Young Farmers for the networking opportunities and to meet like-minded people."
When he "got a bit old" and moved away from his involvement in Young Farmers, he weighed up the options: get involved with Beef and Lamb New Zealand or another organisation.
"I'm passionate about on-farm productivity and that's what they're (Beef and Lamb New Zealand) about," he said.
He has been involved with the Ballance Farm Environment Awards since 2010 as a committee member and a judge, and he was a grand finalist in the New Zealand Young Farmer competition in 2011.
He is also secretary of the Southern Texel Breeders, a member of the Alpha and Suftex breeding groups, and a member of the lower Mataura River catchment group.
The award winner will be announced at a gala dinner in Invercargill on July 5.
