Blog Posts — Electric Fencing

Last week we talked about using inexpensive Wi-Fi extenders to extend your home Wi-Fi signal to your shed.  But what about other areas of the farm? Read on for part two of "How to Get Wi-Fi on your Farm"!

The digital age has brought new opportunities to agriculture in the form of smart farming.  More data on what’s happening in your paddocks and sheds means reduced costs and improved quality, quantity and sustainability.  You might be using cameras, sensors for water levels, temperature, fence voltages, you name it – but you need to be able to get the data back to the homestead somehow.  There are a few different ways, and the cheapest and easiest is Wi-Fi.

2019... What a year it has been! Our sales team have been busier than ever, sending out the final parcels before Christmas. 

Here is a list of our bestselling products from 2019!

Ask any farmer, "What is the advantage of strip grazing?" and inevitably the answer will be, "It reduces wastage". Quite right, but there is more to strip grazing than just reducing wastage.

Be careful when handling your electric fence energiser, it can hurt you. The danger level is low, but this danger increases for small children and pets. Barbed wire should not be electrified. For long, permanent electric fences use 2.5mm plain galvanised wire. For temporary fences, strip grazing and small garden fence set-ups we recommend using electric fencing poliwire or politape instead (see here).  If your fence is likely to be touched by children consider using a lower-powered energiser or using the low power terminal on your energiser. Another alternative is to add an energy limiting device such as the JVA Flood...