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We get questions and emails from property owners all the time about feral pigs and hogs and the need for electric fence. Here is one from this week.

I have a 2 acre homesite on a lake in Corsicana TX. Ferrel Hogs are an opportunity hear. I need to put in a fence to keep them off the property. The dimensions of the lot are 250' x 354'. We have a horseshoe driveway hence; two breaks in the fence will be required. Id prefer a solar powered system. Can you advise on the materials and quantities I'd need to assemble this?

This is our answer:

Got your Email and understand your problem... shoot as many as you can first.
Then if you need a fence, an Electric one is the way to go, but it is not a physical barrier, only a psychological one to the hogs... They will need to be shocked to understand where it is and stay away... but may still come in if hungry enough...
So there are so many choices its real hard for us to make a recommendation with out seeing to property.... Best off is buy our wildlife fence kit.... you will need to remember your driveways and make gates... but it is the best way to go.
here is a link.
https://gallagherelectricfencing.com/collections/n-gallagher-food-plot-wildlife-fencing/products/gallagher-3-acre-food-plot-kit
hope it helps you.

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When choosing a weight scale indicator, these are the top 3 factors you need to consider.

Scale indicator memory - Allows for storing an animal's weight along with their visual tag and/or electronic id number. After weighing your cattle, you can connect your indicator to a computer and download the weights into a spreadsheet or your herd management software.
Electronic ID (EID) reader interface - Connect an EID reader to your scale indicator for easy scanning and recording of electronic IDs as animals are weighed.
Advanced data storage capabilities - Record additional data beyond animal identification and weight, including such fields as pregnancy status, body condition score, or other notes.
Learn more about how to choose a scale indicator, or see a comparison chart of the models

A cattle scale system is not just a piece of livestock equipment, but it's also a piece of technology. Given the investment you are making in scales, it is important to ensure that you are getting the right scale system to accomplish your goals.

To learn more about selecting a Weight Scale Indicator please contact one of our scale professionals.

Electric cross fences can be portable or permanent. Cost and ease of electric fence installation are factors to consider. Permanent posts and heavy steel woven wire can be expensive. A portable electric fence that is strung with a wire or two may be a better option.

Talk to any landowner and you’ll probably get an earful about fences. There is no perfect fencing that will fit everyone, especially when livestock and pasture needs change over time. However, cross electric fences provide pasture management flexibility. They’re installed inside a perimeter fence to divide an area.

Bruce Anderson is an extension forage specialist at the University of Nebraska. He says cross electric fencing comes in handy for many reasons, including separating animals, rotating pasture, and keeping livestock out of soggy areas. The type of fencing to use varies.

"If we have smaller animals, like sheep or pigs, or even chickens, we may use a fence that has a smaller potential opening for animals to get through and keeps them under much better control," says Anderson. "Compared to when we have things like cows or horses, that might be able to get by with just one little wire to be able to more psychologically control them than to physically hold them back."


Maintaining a cross electric fence can be a challenge if you have to fight barriers such as trees or a creek. Anderson says a concern for a lot of people is how to provide resources in each area.

"So it may not just be simply dividing up the pasture, we may have to do some development of how we're going to get water to those animals, either through some new wells, some moveable tanks, some ponds, even hauling periodically if that is what is needed," says Anderson. "That's probably our biggest downside to it."

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Electric Net is composed of electrified horizontal strands and nonelectrified vertical strands. The bottom strand on the net is not electrified to prevent grounding. Netting comes complete with posts, corner ties and stakes to secure the net to the ground. Junction clips at ends of net are designed to attach charger and join one to another. Use only Low Impedance Fence Charger, sold separately

The Appalachian Grazing Conference is held every two years and offers informative presentations and demonstrations to farmers with cattle, goats and sheep. Participants hear from America's leading speakers on strategies designed to increase their profits. On our channel you will find presentations from previous conferences and other informative material.

The Appalachian Grazing Conference is a cooperative of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Southwest Pennsylvania Project Grass, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts, West Virginia Conservation Agency, West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and West Virginia University Extension Service.

 

The following suggestions and recommendations are offered in the interest of improving maintenance and livestock weighing practices.

1. Visibility. The weighbeam, dial, or digital instrument should be located so that the weighmaster has a full and unobstructed view of the platform, stock racks and gates. The weighbeam, dial, or digital instrument should be located so that the weighing will be done in full view of the interested parties.

2. Installation. Careful installation by a competent scale mechanic will tend to reduce maintenance costs and improve weighing accuracy. Scales are precision devices and require regular maintenance to assure continued accuracy. Ready access t  ntrance. For a fully electronic load cell scale, access to the weighing elements (load cells) must be provided for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of the weighing elements. freely and have positive latches. The preferred location of gates is at the ends of the platform rather than the sides.

3. Approaches. Approaches should be level and on the same plane as the scale platform.

4. Scale Platform. The scale platform should be waterproof. Weigh beam notches and poises should be kept clean. The weigh beam should be protected by a fabric cover when not in use. Concrete platforms, scored, or well roughened, are recommended. Where cleats are used, they should be of metal or sturdy wooden construction in the form of a hinged grid. Clearance around edges of platform should be not less than ½ inch, and edges should be undercut.

5. Stock Racks. Stock racks should be of substantial wooden or steel construction, and be firmly anchored to the platform. Stock racks should have a clearance of at least 3 inches from all adjacent structures and have adequate side protection to prevent interference during the weighing. Entrance and exit gates on stock racks should swing

6. Maintenance. The scale should be regularly serviced by a competent scale technician. The lever system and structural steel in the pit should be kept well painted. Pivots and bearings should be packed with a protective grease. Periodically this grease should be removed and the pivots and bearings repacked.

 

7. Testing. Scales must be tested at least twice a year by a competent scale testing agency. Adequate provision should be made for access of the testing equipment to the scale.

 

The need to protect crops from hungry wildlife is as old as farming. The knowledge that moving livestock to new pastures improves their diet is as old as ranching. What’s less than a century old is getting these jobs done by putting electricity on fence wires. Around 75 years ago, the tools and techniques for portable electric fencing were developed, and agriculture hasn’t been the same since. Modern electric fencing is one of the most versatile and cost-effective tools available to the sustainable farmer who needs to contain domestic animals or protect plantings, poultry, and livestock from wild animals. For a fairly small investment (as farm equipment and supplies go) you can build and use electric fence for many different purposes, such as separating deer from seedling trees, rabbits from garden lettuce, weaned calves from cows, bears from beehives, or foxes from chickens. Where electric fence has really revolutionized sustainable agriculture is in making rotational grazing (a.k.a. management intensive grazing, or MIG) easy as well as flexible enough to adjust quickly to changing weather and seasons. Portable electric fencing used for rotational grazing will increase the carrying capacity of your pastures, improve the quality of your soils, enhance the overall ecological health of your land,