Stockade collaborated with Ross Lewis, a world-renowned artist, to bring New Zealand fencing landscapes to life during New Zealand’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek last week. The British-born decorative artist trained as a fine art painter, though now he prefers walls to art studios. Through Ross’s hands, visitors to the Stockade site saw a truly… Continue Reading»
David Slaybaugh’s quest is to grow the best quality piece of fruit he can possibly grow – he says it is all about learning skills and ideas from leaders, trialing, finetuning, then keeping what works. David and Blake, father and son, are fourth and fifth-generation apple growers from Mt Ridge Farms, Adams County, Pennsylvania on… Continue Reading»
Lisa Jenereaux is President of Spurr Bros in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is one of the fifth-generation team working on the family orchard and farm which grows potatoes, onion, grains, and vegetables, as well as 100 acres of apples, a few pears and peaches. Located in the Canadian food bowl of the Annapolis Valley and… Continue Reading»
Jim Todd heads up the North American sales team for Stockade. He acknowledges Stockade’s ST400i cordless stapler tool might be a small item in the utility tool kit but promises it’s one which “punches well above its weight”. “We know line maintenance can be risky business. People are working with extremely high voltage in all… Continue Reading»
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»