The Electric Fencing Handbook

Farmers, ranchers, beekeepers, and gardeners need effective and dependable electric fencing to keep valuable animals and crops safe. This comprehensive guide covers the different types of electric fencing, when each should be used, and step-by-step building and maintenance instructions.

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Use electric fencing to protect your livestock, poultry, beehives, and garden. Portable electric fencing is key to successful rotational grazing, while permanent electric fencing effectively protects gardens and orchards and secures large pastures. Through clear instructions accessible to everyone, you’ll learn when to use these methods or a combination of the two, plus how to plan for, build, and maintain your electric fencing. This crucial tool is cost effective and versatile, but veteran farmer and author Ann Larkin Hansen also explains what not to do with an electric fence.