Thanks Greg, always encouraged by your videos. My wife and I are 26 just getting started farming in south west Michigan. My in-laws run a fruit orchard business and we are trying to utilize the unused low lying land for grazing. I appreciate you sharing products and practices that you have perfected. Has saved us and will continue to save us tons of time and money. Hope one day to be able to grow our farm business and leave our town jobs. Thanks for supporting young folks getting into farming!
Thanks for the video! Timeless fence post are awesome. All my line posts are timeless besides the corner post I got from you. I want to mow the roadsides but I worry someone would be looking at my animals and hit them on accident or they would scare the drivers. It’s great seeing green grass.
I didn’t realize the timeless fence post were flexible. Im looking to fence off about 70 acres. What spacing do you generally use for your line posts? Also when fencing on a property line, do you put your fence directly on the property line or do you leave some space? If you leave space about how much do you leave? Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Michael New Jersey
Planted some cool season native grasses like wedge grass and wild rye last fall and they are doing well. Have big bluestem and blue gama already just wanted to determine how the cool season natives will take the summer weather and how strong they will comeback next fall.
Just got my Timeless order the other day. Still removing the old field fence & steel posts. Greg - how do you keep that fence line clear? The animals carefully eat the grass? Or just rely on the charger to dry out the grass and prevent growth? We are getting ready for ruminants (maybe next year or this Fall).
I'd like to use this for my perimeter fence, but I live along a major highway. Thinking my only option is to run an offset electric fence along that portion.
There is a lot of grass around the fence line. How do you keep this from shorting your fence out? Also, with all the property you have what is your secret on maintaining the fence line?
One thing I was surprised about is was doing an interior fence with NRCS and they denied me using the H brace system. They are allowing the regular posts.
I used a t post puller and found them to be a tad more difficult than steel posts to remove because they bend and the fact that they don't have nubs, but we did manage to pull them. One trick you can do is wrap a piece of wire through a hole and around the end of the puller. Then you just position it and pull up on the posts. That actually worked better for us than trying to use it like you do on steel posts. I love my timeless fence and will forever use their posts, even on temporary spots where you need something a little more sturdy than step ins
Copied from his website: In addition to their training, interns are provided with housing (a 2 bedroom house), meat, eggs and milk, and a monthly stipend for incidentals.
The problem with locust posts is they can be hit or miss as far as rot resistance goes. Also, after a few years they become harder than concrete and you cannot pound a staple in them if you need to.
Thanks Greg, always encouraged by your videos. My wife and I are 26 just getting started farming in south west Michigan. My in-laws run a fruit orchard business and we are trying to utilize the unused low lying land for grazing. I appreciate you sharing products and practices that you have perfected. Has saved us and will continue to save us tons of time and money. Hope one day to be able to grow our farm business and leave our town jobs. Thanks for supporting young folks getting into farming!
Best of luck to you folks in your future grazing endeavors. You can do it!!
Will you be using sheep to mow around the orchard trees?
@@Marilou-g5t Maybe someday, but current regulation around animals in the orchard do not allow for it during a good majority of the year.
Thanks for the video! Timeless fence post are awesome. All my line posts are timeless besides the corner post I got from you. I want to mow the roadsides but I worry someone would be looking at my animals and hit them on accident or they would scare the drivers. It’s great seeing green grass.
Thanks greg wise words on the next generation coming through into food production and farming
Great sharing about that American-made fencing and your passion to fix the food supply and save farms! Keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks sir!
I didn’t realize the timeless fence post were flexible. Im looking to fence off about 70 acres. What spacing do you generally use for your line posts? Also when fencing on a property line, do you put your fence directly on the property line or do you leave some space? If you leave space about how much do you leave? Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Michael New Jersey
16-20 feet on post spacing. Put your fence directly on the property line if possible. You don’t want to give up any land.
We’re starting to put ours in. Thanks again Greg!
Your going to like the Timeless posts!
That’s one good looking field of grass !!! 😮
I worked as a WWOOF for three years on farms in 3 states. Better than a Master's Degree in Agriculture because it's all hands-on experience.
That’s a pretty farm.
Planted some cool season native grasses like wedge grass and wild rye last fall and they are doing well. Have big bluestem and blue gama already just wanted to determine how the cool season natives will take the summer weather and how strong they will comeback next fall.
We are getting ready to purchase enough for 5 acres. PLEASE tell me which tinsel wire to use for the hot and the not.
Use 170,000 psi, 12.5 gauge hi tensile galvanized wire.
Just got my Timeless order the other day. Still removing the old field fence & steel posts. Greg - how do you keep that fence line clear? The animals carefully eat the grass? Or just rely on the charger to dry out the grass and prevent growth? We are getting ready for ruminants (maybe next year or this Fall).
Do not shut off your charger and it will dry out any plants that touch the wire. Get a SPEEDRITE charger, they work the best.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you for your insight Greg!
Excellent video - Thanks!
I'd like to use this for my perimeter fence, but I live along a major highway. Thinking my only option is to run an offset electric fence along that portion.
I'm south of you just passed Springfield how do you drive those in our rocky soil?
Thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the super thanks payment!!!
There is a lot of grass around the fence line. How do you keep this from shorting your fence out? Also, with all the property you have what is your secret on maintaining the fence line?
Use a big charger and never turn them off. Absolutely no steel posts in your fencing system. Use Timeless posts.
One thing I was surprised about is was doing an interior fence with NRCS and they denied me using the H brace system. They are allowing the regular posts.
If you use their program, they have set rules and control the purse. They seem to be pretty set on wooden h braces.
When I was in Costa Rica, we would see cows along the country roads eating grass. Tied with a rope lead.
That is a great way to use that forage for a productive use!
Can timeless fence be pulled out once it is in the ground? Just in case to change the position.
Yes you can use a T-post puller to remove them.
I used a t post puller and found them to be a tad more difficult than steel posts to remove because they bend and the fact that they don't have nubs, but we did manage to pull them. One trick you can do is wrap a piece of wire through a hole and around the end of the puller. Then you just position it and pull up on the posts. That actually worked better for us than trying to use it like you do on steel posts. I love my timeless fence and will forever use their posts, even on temporary spots where you need something a little more sturdy than step ins
Beautiful view, even along the road. Do you sometimes let the cattle or sheep mw that down tge other side of the fence?
No we cannot graze this very well, to many vehicles traveling 50 mph!!
They do drive fast out there you almost got hit head on when Scott and I were riding with you.
Thoughts on using wooden fence posts with high tensil Greg? They are $15 each.
For line posts, I will stick with Timeless posts.,much faster to install and will not rot, also no insulators required. Wood corners are fine.
Newbie here! We just installed the steel posts with hot wire and we can’t seem to get it hot enough for the goats to notice. Would these post help?
Get rid of your steel posts and use Timeless posts with a SPEEDRITE charger. Problem solved.,
Pass!
Won’t drive into the ground in New Hampshire. (The Granite state).
How much do you pay the boys?
Copied from his website:
In addition to their training, interns are provided with housing (a 2 bedroom house), meat, eggs and milk, and a monthly stipend for incidentals.
What do you think about Black Locust post
With barbwier and 1 hot wire
Black locust are good posts, make sure you use posts that are at least 5-6” diameter. Smaller diameter posts rot off quicker.
The problem with locust posts is they can be hit or miss as far as rot resistance goes. Also, after a few years they become harder than concrete and you cannot pound a staple in them if you need to.