Farmers, beekeepers, and gardeners need effective and dependable electric fencing to keep valuable animals and crops safe. This comprehensive guide covers the different types of electric fencing, when each should be used, and step-by-step building and maintenance instructions. Use electric fencing to protect your livestock, poultry, beehives, and garden. Portable electric fencing is key to successful rotational grazing, while permanent electric fencing effectively protects gardens and orchards and secures large pastures. Through clear instructions accessible to everyone, you’ll learn when to use these methods or a combination of the two, plus how to plan for, build, and maintain your electric fencing. This crucial tool is cost effective and versatile, but veteran farmer and author Ann Larkin Hansen also explains what not to do with an electric fence. AUTHOR: Ann Larkin Hansen is the author of The Organic Farming Manual, Finding Good Farmland, and Making Hay; coauthor of A Landowner’s Guide to Managing Your Woods with consulting forester Dennis Waterman and master logger Mike Severson; and coauthor with her husband, Steve, of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment. She has served as a regional editor for The Country Today and as a contributing writer to Mother Earth News. The Hansens have run a family farm in Wisconsin for the last 25 years. SELLING POINTS: . Electric fencing is significantly more cost-effective than a conventional barbed-wire fence, with per-foot prices ranging from 10 to 20 cents, versus $1.50. . Covers the three most popular kinds of electric fence: permanent, combination permanent nonelectric and electric-wire offset, and temporary or portable electric. . Step-by-step instructions show how to safely build and repair an electric fence and how to set up and move temporary electric fencing for rotational grazing. Full-colour; photographs and illustrations throughout