Peter Varley from the Irish Farmers Journal visited a demonstration of establishing a sheep fence, suitable for the TAMS II scheme. Read more in this Thursday's Irish Farmers Journal and online at www.farmersjournal.ie.
Yes, very nice job. However, I do recommend using wire that has a wider gab, ie. 30 cm wide oppose to 15 cm to prevent the animals heads getting stuck or horses feet, etc.
Straining stock net from the outside of the last post with a tractor??? How do you get on when your in the corner of a field?? And then wack in some staples to hold it while you wrap it round the post?? Amateurs!! You should be straining the wire from the centre of the run with wire already tied to strainers to avoid excess twisting of the strainer post under tension from the wire, giving a far more even strain down the entire run of net and not damaging and scaring the wire were you've hammered the staples in tight to hold the wire. Sadly a case of all the gear no idea!
