Links to resources on grazing system planning and design, including information on fencing, lanes and watering systems
General:
- Grazing Systems Planning Guide (University of Minnesota)
Fencing:
- Estimating Costs for Livestock Fencing (Iowa State University)
- Planning Fencing Systems for Intensive Grazing Management (University of Kentucky)
- Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers (Missouri NRCS)
- Grounding Electric Fences (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Understanding the Basics of Electric Fence Energizers (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Keeping the Current Flowing on an Electric Fence (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Protecting Electric Fence from Lightning (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Post Selection (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Setting Posts (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Using High Tensile Wire (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Installing Braces (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
- Line Posts (UW-Extension, Cadwallader and Cosgrove)
Lanes:
- Lanes that Keep Dairy Animals High & Dry (University of Wisconsin)
Watering Systems:
- Waterers and Watering Systems Handbook (Kansas State)
- Water Systems for Grazing Livestock (Bartlett, Michigan State)
- Watering Systems for Serious Graziers (Missouri NRCS)
- Pumps & Watering Systems for Managed Beef Grazing (University of Missouri)
- Watering Systems & Crossings to Safeguard Livestock & Waterways (University of Wisconsin)
Winter/Outwintering Management:
- Strategic Winter Feeding of Cattle Using a Rotational Grazing Structure (University of Kentucky)
