Success StoryKentucky Fencing School: Improving Fencing in the Commonwealth



Kentucky Fencing School: Improving Fencing in the Commonwealth

Author: Christopher Teutsch

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Forages

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Rotational stocking increases pasture productivity by 30%.  Fencing is a key component of improved grazing systems.  In recent past, high row crop prices encouraged farmers to tear fences out and convert marginal farmland from pastures to row crops.  As row crop prices have moderated, there is increased interest in converting marginal row crop land back to pastures.  The Kentucky fencing school was established in 2017 and is a partnership of cooperative extension, the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council, and industry partners.  It provides hands on training in the latest fencing technologies.  Producers and agricultural and conversation professionals working with producers learned how to construct fixed knot high tensile woven wire fencing and smooth high tensile electrified fencing.  Fixed knot woven wire fencing is considerably more durable and costs approximately the same to install as conventional hinge joint woven wire fencing.  These schools were held at two locations in the Commonwealth with more than 90 producers and agricultural and conservation professionals attending.  The impact of these schools will be more adaptable fencing, allowing for the implementation of improved grazing management.      






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