If you’re setting up your property for animals, you’re probably thinking about where the fence will go, how tall it needs to ...

Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the ...

Anyone who’s ever chased a loose cow at sunrise knows this truth the hard way—your fence is only as strong as its weakest point. It doesn’t matter how straight your lines are or how expensive the wire ...

Some producers have sought to repair damaged fences only to find stretched wire is brittle and breaks. The tornado cut a swath a half-mile wide across the county and other damage came from hail or ...

ERSKINE, Minn. -- Cheri Hasbrouck loves fixing fences, especially if they're barbed wire. While stretching and twisting the unyielding wire is the bane of many a rancher's existence, for Hasbrouck ...

One day as I was driving from my home near Kraemer Lake, I noticed a small herd of cattle in a pasture fenced with barbed wire. It brought back memories. Wire had been a much-used commodity on our ...