Zoinks, Scoob!
I’ve got to put in about 1,500’ of boundary fence around the new pond. I don’t even want to know what a mile of barbed is going to cost. Got the posts bought locally, but the wire?
I'm not big on pushing .gov programs but several years back when I put in cross fencing the local NRCS had a program that would reimburse a certain percent if it was for rotational grazing. I was doing it for exactly that and was also fencing around a pond as part of the rotation. The NRCS called the fence around the pond an "exclusion" fence and reimbursed at a higher $ because it helped prevent erosion. Again, I'm not pushing the .gov tit but if you're going to do it anyhow it would be worth looking into.
