Adaptive grazing requires adaptive water and fencing systems to make it all work. Jeremia Markway of Markway Ranch discusses with Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition Director of Producer Programs Logan Karcher what options livestock producers have for their setting up temporary grazing pastures.

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00:00 Panelist Introduction

01:40 Perimeter Fencing

03:00 5-Strand Barbed Wire Fencing

03:12 Electric Hot-Wire Offset Fencing

03:19 Woven Wire Fencing

03:50 Tall 6-Strand High Tensile Wires with bottom wires close together

04:18 Woven Wire/Woven Netting

04:33 Fencing Changes Needed When Turning Sheep on to Previous Cattle Pastures

05:50 Setting Up 1-strand Electric Offset From Fence

07:31 Need for Quality Fencing Materials

10:50 Should You Use Lanes or No Lanes to Get to Waterers

12:18 Temporary Fences

17:20 Equipment to Roll Up Temporary Wire

17:40 Dealing with Deer

17:58 Using Polywire on Perennial Pastures

20:21 Poly-electric Netting 21L30 Virtual Fencing

23:16 Water Systems

23:35 HDPE High-Density Polyethylene Water Pipe

26:03 Winter-time Waters: Ponds, Springs, Creeks, Live Water Freeze-proof Tanks

28:10 Coupler Valves

30:42 HDPE Coupler Issues and Hose Barb Clamps

34:33 Portable Water Tank

35:48 The Grazing and Forage Hub.

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