Livestock production: The importance of fencing

Proper fencing is a must-have on any farm. Follow these guidelines to ensure a durable fence. Fencing a farm can be a major expense, but if you consider the economic and replacement value of livestock, crops, game or farm equipment, it’s clear that you just can’t compromise on quality. Installing…

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An electrified mesh fence with predator proofing at the base. This can take the form of a strip of mesh, a rock bed or a cement strip. Photo: Wilma den Hartigh

Create thoroughfares for wildlife using old tyres

There are many advantages to using old tyres, bicycle wheels, or flap doors as thoroughfares for wild animals. The maintenance of wire fences, especially where aardvarks, bush pigs or warthogs crawl through, usually places farmers into one of two groups. The first group becomes almost obsessive about it, closing each…

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