Posts about building and upkeep on electric fences.
In our last post (Small-Scale Farming: A Profitable, Sustainable Farming Model) we went over some of the basics of small-scale farming, in terms of setting goals and expectations, as well as some of the animals that you might consider raising. In this post (Part 2) I’m going to cover small scale farm infrastructure, increasing income […]
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Intensive grazing is not necessarily about trying to get the cattle to intensively graze an area. It’s actually management intensive grazing, so the management is the intensive part. Like a lot of people, I also refer to it as intensive grazing. The idea is to get the livestock to eat everything in the pasture, then
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I like high tensile electric fencing better than any other fence system for a few different reasons. It’s the cheapest, it’s the most versatile, and it’s the easiest to build. I also hate barbed wire and think electric fencing has made it obsolete in many, if not most, situations. Of course, some people really like
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I firmly believe that high tensile electric fencing is the best fence to build for most fencing needs. If I can avoid it, I’ll never build another barbed wire fence! It costs much less than other fencing options. A 1,320-foot roll of Red Brand 4-point, 12.5-gauge barbed wire is about $120 where I live. That
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