How To Set Up Temporary Paddocks with Polywire

Fencing is often an obstacle when producers transition to adaptive grazing for their livestock. With polywire fencing, you can easily create temporary paddocks that can be moved easily and frequently.

Logan Karcher, manager of producer programs with Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition, demonstrates how to easily run polywire and attach to your existing permanent fencing.

  • 00:24 Tools needed

  • 00:35 Ring-top step-in post

  • 00:50 Attach to one boundary

  • 01:01 Setting posts

  • 01:22 Hooking up fence reel to permanent fence

  • 01:30 Hooking up to barb wire permanent fence

  • 02:16 Hooking up to smooth wire high-tensile fence

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