The price of building a permanent fence for livestock has dramatically increased the past few years. To help offset this issue, the Henry County Extension Office provided an in-depth training on temporary and high tensile electric fencing. Both temporary and high tensile fencing are among the most cost-effective options for containing livestock. Both styles have been used for years by farmers in Kentucky.

The Temporary Fencing School was modeled after the multi-day Fencing Schools that the UK Forage Department conducts. It was adapted to suit farmers in this area who have off-farm jobs and prefer afternoon/evening meetings. Dr. Chris Teutsch and Jeremy McGill taught the program. The response was extremely positive. There were 24 attendees of various ages and backgrounds. Some had already used this type of fencing before and wanted to learn more, and others had very little experience with it. 

I had two farmers approach me weeks after the program saying that they learned a lot and were going to purchase temporary fencing for their operation.