I was pleased to receive a call on Saturday from a customer wanting to purchase a replacement poultry net and was going through the process when she asked if the net had the fittings to plug it into a mains socket. Despite pointing out that no nets were supplied with...

12 volt Electric Fencing energisers are very useful and convenient but do come with one major drawback. They require a heavy 12v battery. These have a limited life and have to be recharged regularly - the frequency of which is dictated by the power drawn by each specific energiser. Essentially,...

The popularity of Electric Fencing has led to an increase in thefts of expensive energisers. By the very nature that a battery driven electric fence energiser is left in remote rural areas invariably on the edge of fields means that they are easy targets and liable to be stolen by...

Short grazing periods on multiple paddocks within a pasture can not only restore forage conditions, but also profit margins, according to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. Dr. Richard Teague, AgriLife Research range ecologist in Vernon, has been studying the benefits of multi-paddock grazing for the past eight years. Ranchers need...

Effective electric fencing is highly dependent on an effective electrical circuit that includes a section that goes from the animal through the ground to the earth stake and hence back to the energiser. This then completes the circuit and results in the shock that is the effective part of the...