Karl and Ro McDiarmid farm at Gorge Creek Flats, Ranfurly running 5000 ewes, 1500 hoggetts, and doing bull beef as well, finishing 700-800 bulls a year on the 1330Ha Maniototo property. The McDiarmid’s are always looking to test their farming practices, experimenting with feed crops, breeding, irrigation to see what will lead to healthy animals and improve… Continue Reading»
Keeping cattle in the right place has innumerable benefits, including securing vital livestock assets. Good fencing is key to that containment and the peace of mind that goes with it is invaluable. “As a non-income generating activity, fencing is not what most farmers want to be doing with their day,” Colenso Station sheep and beef… Continue Reading»
Four years ago, Alan and Debra Fenwick started AJ & DL Fenwick Agricultural Contractors. The husband and wife team were property managers when the opportunity to purchase their Woodhouse home led them to look at off-farm income. The contract business took off. Now Alan, with two other staff they cover contract hay, pipelaying and specialise in… Continue Reading»
Greg Tapscott started Tapscott Rural Fencing in Lower Light South Australia 19 years ago. Every year, along with his two staff, Greg makes a base 450kms away from home in the South East, to service repeat clients and recently to rebuild fences after bushfire season. What has been the biggest challenge in your fencing career? … Continue Reading»
Justin Nary is the owner of Taylor Fencing, LLC in Lamoni, Iowa. His company specializes in agricultural fence and state/DOT work. Justin is always looking for new ways to improve his fencing technique and raise the bar on quality material and labor. What is the most rewarding part of your job? As an owner, the… Continue Reading»
Dirk Hunt from West Tennessee moved into fence contracting five years ago after learning some neat fencing tricks from contractors during his days as a dealer for Gallagher and Stay Tough. Dirk now runs Hunt Fence with one staff specializing in agricultural fence. What do you enjoy the most about fencing? I enjoy building farms for other people, for… Continue Reading»
Stockade has partnered with Eastland Timber since their first beginnings seven years ago. Now, Eastland Timber, a successful Hawke’s Bay firm, reaches out from its Wairoa base to service Gisborne, Dannevirke, Feilding and Napier with high-quality Stockade fencing solutions such as the ST315i batten fence stapler and the ST400i post stapler. Mike Billinghurst, Stockade’s North… Continue Reading»
Rorey and Chase Halliburton, in Middle Tennessee, will work in the snow, but ice makes fencing difficult. A bitter ice storm is ramping in from Texas, up through the MidWest, and across the South Eastern States. “It has been a whiteout,” says Chase. While speed is critical when racing the weather and when facing completion deadlines,… Continue Reading»
Bob Almeida has been fencing for over 16 years and is co-owner of Homestead Fence in Vermont. His vast fencing experience covers all types of fence, including picket, chain link, PVC, agricultural livestock containment, and equestrian fencing. Bob considers his employees to be partners in the business and chooses to invest in them with training and… Continue Reading»
Welcome to our final Stockade Quick Fire Five interview for 2020. This month, we meet William and Courtney Lake who run Lake Contracting in Omakau, Central Otago. They specialise in rural farm fencing putting huge ‘k’s on the clock servicing from Cromwell to Millers Flat and over to the Maniototo. William has been fencing for… Continue Reading»
A great fence is as good as its connections— from a secure straining post, to long lasting staples. The fencing industry is the same. One event focussed on connecting is the Fall Fencing Forum, an agricultural trade show for the professional contractor. Luke and Leslie Gibson, of Farm Fence Solutions in Indiana, founded the event… Continue Reading»
Darren and Loren Elder own and operate Elder Farms Fencing in Western Pennsylvania. They have specialized in hi-tensile, fixed knot woven wire, and John Wall Horsecoteagricultural fence for the past 17 years. Darren and Loren strive to meet their customer’s high expectations by using the highest quality components to construct their fence. Why did you… Continue Reading»
Certified Tool Solutions, Inc. is a family-owned and operated company located in Acworth, GA that specializes in repair and service of Ramset, Paslode and STOCKade tools, as well as drywall automatic taping tools. They also repair many other types of construction related tools such as dustless sanders. Craig Bailey, who with his wife Susan founded… Continue Reading»
Jeff Payne is the Whites Rural territory sales manager for Tasmania. Jeff relocated from Queensland 11 years ago. Since starting at Whites, Jeff Payne has made it his mission to travel every country road in the Tasmania. “Living in Hobart means that I am on the road every week and spend a lot of time… Continue Reading»
The old adage that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence has proven to be a time-consuming reality for Peter Larkin and his wife Judith who own a twelve-paddock 31acre lifestyle farm where until recently they had a mixture of horses, ewes and lambs. This unusual combination of bedfellows (perhaps… Continue Reading»
STOCKade is the world’s leading manufacturer of fencing staplers, staples and other wire fixing systems so it’s no surprise there ST400i cordless fence post stapler is proving a hit. Typically used for rural livestock fencing, the ST400i is the world’s first 4mm diameter, nine gauge cordless fencing stapler destined to make fencing faster, easier and… Continue Reading»
Designed for use with 45 and 50 mm length STOCKade divergent point barbed fencing staples. This insulator is the ideal solution for building farm electric fencing. Use the ST400 pneumaitc fence stapler gun or the ST400i cordless fence stapler gun with the Insulator Guide Attachment for a no fuss installation. Fire staples safely with both… Continue Reading»
Building and repairing fence is one of those jobs that is as much a part of rural life as riding a tractor. Whether on a livestock operation where it is important to keep critters in or on a vegetable farm where it is important to keep critters out, fencing is an unavoidable task. Anyone who has done… Continue Reading»