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Electric fences are often a cheap and effective way to control livestock. They can also give you more flexibility when developing property plans. This book has 14 chapters including advantages of electric fencing, safety, construction, testing and animal control.

  • Electric fences - can they help you?
  • How they work
  • Safety
  • Planning the fence
  • Materials
  • Gates
  • Reinforcing existing fences
  • Temporary fences
  • Building the fence
  • Testing the fence
  • special circumstances
  • Training paddocks
  • Animals controlled
  • Step by step construction
  • Useful terms and definitions

Title          Electric Fencing AgGuide - a practical handbook       
Author(s)         Jennifer Laffan          
Pages          74         
ISBN          9780731306244         
Catalogue number          B131         
Year published         2010, Updated 2016 and 2025       
Publisher          NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development         
Price          $35.00AUD (inc GST)


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