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.

Check out these topics:

• 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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