Fencing Workshop: Join Us for a Hands-On Workshop in Clinton, LA - October 4, 2024
Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to refine your existing skills, our upcoming Fencing Workshop is tailor-made for homesteaders and livestock owners like you. Register now, mark your calendars, and put on your boots to build fence together on Friday, October 4, at the LSU AgCenter's Idlewild Research Station 4419 Idlewild Rd, Clinton, LA. We'll have some classroom time in between lots of building and repairing fence. This is a rain or shine and no-judgement event.
If you have no experience or just a little, or you're really good at just rigging up fence and want to learn how to do it right, here's your chance.
Workshop Details:
Date: Friday, October 4
Time: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: 4419 Idlewild Rd, Clinton, LA 70722
Cost: $20
Register: louisianaglci.org/events
Contact: 225-721-1313
What You'll Learn:
This beginner and intermediate level fencing workshop will be a lot of hands-on, including building new fences and repairing old ones. Our instructors will guide you through the essentials of constructing and repairing different types of fencing, including Barbed Wire, Net Wire, and Electric Fencing.
By the end of the course, you should know how to choose the right fence type for your needs, how to choose and hook up an electric charger, how to build corner braces, how to fix fences, what tools you'll need for fences, and more.
Meet Your Instructors!
Josh Phares, fencing contractor, southeast LA
Glen Gentry, LSU AgCenter
Wedge Barthe, Electric fencing consultant, Norwood, LA
Sponsors for this event:
Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (LouisianaGLCI)
NatGLC
Southern SARE
LsuAgCenter
*Qualifies for Phase 2 Master Farmer credits
Agenda (Subject to change)
8:00 Check-in
8:15 Introduction, overview, terminology
Tara- introduce instructors
Donna Gentry- Master Farmer intro
Glen Gentry- Fence types and parts intro, basics, intro to LSU AgCenter, equipment,
TBD- Intro to NRCS EQIP programs
Tara Morris- Split into groups if needed
9:00 to the field - barbed wire
Josh Phares- Braces, post heave, attaching to braces
Group 1: Begin barbed wire building
Group 2: Barbed wire repairs
10:15 Water break in the shade
10:30 Group 1: Barbed wire repair
Group 2: Barbed wire building
11:30 Lunch
12:15 in the field- Net wire, electric wire, small animal fencing
Group 1: Electric building, including small animal.
Group 2: Installing ground rods and wiring the electric charger
1:45 Classroom time
Introduction to rotational grazing- Tara
Choosing the right fence types for the applications - Glen G.
Barbed wire for horses- Josh P
Choosing your electric wire and energizer types, Ground wire concepts- Wedge B
Geometry and choosing brace types- Josh P
3:00 Conclusion
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