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.
Thanks for the heads up, but this is the storage pond / pivot pond between the fish farm and the hay fields, and all I am doing is keeping the #$%%% neighbor's cows out of the place. Especially when they are moving pasture and driving them up the road. Five strand barbed on 5" treated posts ought to take care of that,
I don't do cows, unless they are on my plate......
