Open Source Agricultural Fencing

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Basics

  • Fencig for keeping pests out of growing areas
  • Can also be used to protect grazing areas, as well as contain the animals grazing within.

Used For

  • Loss Reduction in Agriculture due to Reduced Pests
  • Protection + Containment of Grazing Animals

Industry Standards

Existing Open Source Designs

Minimum Viable Product

  • Modular
  • Scalable from small pens/chicken runs, all the way to multi kilometer fenced in grazing areas
  • Scalable from basic wooden fence for containing some grazing animals to a fence that can not only keep out determined pretadors, but also prevent burrowing and flying animals from an area
  • Can be turned into an electrified fence via the Open Source Fence Electrifier

Basic Design

Basic Beam Fence

Posts

  • Every X Meters
  • Buried to a depth of X Meters
  • Wood or Plastic
  • Cement Reinforced if Desired

Beams

  • In Between the poles
  • Anywhere from 1-5 Per Each Module

Basic Taut Wire Fence

Posts

  • Every X Meters
  • Buried to a depth of X Meters
  • Wood or Plastic
  • Cement Reinforced if Desired

Wire

  • X Diameter Steel Cable
  • Tentioned to X
  • Max Length Between Posts is X

Basic Barbed Wire Fence

Posts

  • Every X Meters
  • Buried to a depth of X Meters
  • Wood or Plastic
  • Cement Reinforced if Desired

Barbed Wire

BOM

See Also

Useful Links