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  2. Drift fence - Wikipedia

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    A drift fence is any long, continuous fence used to control the movement of animals in a particular open range, or to collect animals for research. Drift fences were used in the Texas Panhandle from 1882 to 1887 to control "cattle drift"—the winter migration of livestock to warmer territory. Long sections of barbed wire fence were built by ...

  3. Agricultural fencing - Wikipedia

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    Most agricultural fencing averages about 4 feet (1.2 m) high, and in some places, the height and construction of fences designed to hold livestock is mandated by law. A fencerow is the strip of land by a fence that is left uncultivated. It may be a hedgerow or a shelterbelt (windbreak) or a refugee for native plants.

  4. Dingo Fence - Wikipedia

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    Although the fence has been useful for protecting livestock against dingoes, ecologists opine that the fence is a colonial legacy that is more harmful than helpful. [ 7 ] Believed to have been introduced into Australia by Aboriginal peoples between 4,600 and 18,300 years ago, [ 15 ] the dingo's status as a native or introduced species in ...

  5. Free range - Wikipedia

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    Free range may apply to meat, eggs or dairy farming. The term is used in two senses that do not overlap completely: as a farmer-centric description of husbandry methods, and as a consumer-centric description of them. There is a diet where the practitioner only eats meat from free-range sources called ethical omnivorism.

  6. Rotational grazing - Wikipedia

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    Rotational grazing. In agriculture, rotational grazing, as opposed to continuous grazing, describes many systems of pasturing, whereby livestock are moved to portions of the pasture, called paddocks, while the other portions rest. [1] Each paddock must provide all the needs of the livestock, such as food, water and sometimes shade and shelter ...

  7. Electric fence - Wikipedia

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    An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter people and other animals [note 1] from crossing a boundary. The voltage of the shock may have effects ranging from discomfort to death. Most electric fences are used for agricultural fencing and other forms of non-human animal control, although they are also used to protect high ...

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