November 29, 2018
We are planning to closed for Inventory and Christmas Vacation from December 15- Dec 31st. We will be taking orders and answering emails but will not be shipping many orders.
Plan to receive your orders after January 1st.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!
November 29, 2018
If you practice M.I.G. (Managing Intensive Grazing) or rotational grazing then you use poly stakes on daily. This video will teach you a simple trick that will save you time in the pasture.
November 19, 2018
Electric fence installation
November 19, 2018
Electric Fencing 101: Grounding
“Why are my animals pushing my electric fence? It was working fine in the spring, and the energizer is still clicking.”
Morgan Renner, Wyoming and Montana Territory Manager for Gallagher, one of the largest electric fencing companies in the world, says this may be the most common question he hears. The problem can usually be solved by checking the most overlooked component of electric fencing: how the system is grounded.
He tells his students at the many hands-on clinics he conducts throughout the west, “There are three things to remember about your electric fence: (1) Grounding, (2) Grounding and (3) Grounding!”
Morgan Explains
All energizers provide a pulse of energy that originates from their ‘hot’ terminal then travels down the fence line on a charged or ‘hot’ wire. Most users understand this aspect of electric fencing. It’s fairly obvious that the hot wires can’t be touching a steel post or laying on the soil surface. What’s not so obvious is that in the instant when an animal comes into contact with that charged wire, its body contains that energy but is not shocked… yet!
In order to provide a shock and thus the respect for the fence, the energy must travel out of the animal’s feet, through the soil, into the energizer’s ground rods, then into the energizer’s ground terminal. At that point, the circuit has been completed, and the animal receives the shock. What I have described is an “all-hot” electric fence, shown below:
November 14, 2018
Using temporary fencing is a major tool when it comes to rotational grazing. In this video, I take a few minutes to explain some of the basics equipment I use daily for intensive grazing. I also show how I splice poly wire once it's been cut.
November 01, 2018
Gallagher Electric Fence Reel | The easy way to roll up poly wire fence in grazing paddocks. Electric Windup System for temporary electric fencing, strip grazing or cell grazing. www.fenceboss.com.au www.munroeng.com
Valley Farm Supply is a family operated business located in Lancaster County, PA, It was established in 2004 as a source for quality fencing supplies for modern farmers and ranchers and part time animal agricultural enthusiasts. Valley Farm Supply specializes in Gallagher Electric Fencing products that include Energizers, Cattle scales, Rotational grazing supplies, and Livestock watering systems.
Valley Farm Supply is one of the largest Gallagher dealers in the U.S.A. and that means they can pass along savings to you. Valley Farm Supply has reliable, high quality products and services with the best prices on electric fencing and livestock supplies around. They offer the best selection of rotational grazing supplies with a huge inventory and competitive price matching.
Visit their online store at www.gallagherelectricfencing.comfor the best electric fence chargers, solar fence chargers. battery fence chargers, cattle scales, cattle waterers, fence wire, sheep and poultry netting, fence insulators, fence hardware, polywire, polytape, wildlife fence, horse fence, gates, electric fence tools, strainers, polyrope, reels, fence testers, grounding parts, and other fencing materials.
Valley Farm Supply offers Free Shipping on Gallagher energizers and most items. Chose them for easy online ordering and superior product knowledge. Please ask if they can supply your farm or ranch with the things you need to be successful.
Contact:
Valley Farm Supply
P.O. Box 198
New Providence, PA 17560
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www.gallagherelectricfencing.com
October 30, 2018
Issue: Voltmeter reading on one wire is higher than on another wire, or there is no reading from one live wire to ground-return or soil
1. Probable Cause: Broken or disconnected fence
wire, jumper wire or ground wire
Solution: Connect or repair wire; remove
cause of short; replace jumper connection
2. Probable Cause: Broken or faulty insulators
Solution: Replace faulty insulators
3. Probable Cause: Ground connection rod deteriorated
Solution: Replace ground connection rod
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) provides grants of up to $2,500 to individual farmers ($5,000 for joint applications) for projects that improve the welfare of their farm animals or build capacity of their operations. This year FACT will offer three types of grants:
Does your project help you meet a specific standard for Animal Welfare Approved, Certified Humane or Global Animal Partnership (steps 4-5) certification?
Are you already certified by AWA, CH or GAP but need funding to build your farm's capacity or marketing of your animal welfare-certified products?
> Apply for a Capacity-Building Grant (funding for individual and joint projects)
Does your project help you transition to a pasture-based system, improve the quality of your pasture, and/or expand your animals’ access to well-managed pasture?
Before you apply, please review the eligibility requirements on each page above. You may also wish to join our Grant Info Session Webinar on October 24.
To apply, complete an online application with information about your farm, proposed project, and project budget. If you are applying for Certification or Pasture Grant, you will also be asked to upload three color photographs that accurately depict the current state of your operation, including at least one of the animals the proposed project will benefit. If you are applying for a Capacity Building Grant on behalf of multiple farms, each partner farm must complete a Capacity Building Grant Collaborator Form. Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm CST on November 28, 2018.
Only one application per farm will be accepted. This means that farmers should choose one grant category and may only submit one application total. Grants will be awarded in January or February 2019. Please contact Larissa McKenna, FACT’s Humane Farming Program Director, at grants@foodanimalconcerns.org or at (773) 525-4952 with questions after reviewing the guidelines. Funding for FACT’s Animal Welfare Certification and Capacity-Building Grants has been made possible by generous support from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
FACT relies on a panel of expert humane livestock farmers to review eligible applications. All personal and contact information is redacted from the application to ensure that the final review process is anonymous.
Eligible applications will be scored on the following factors:
How well the proposed project would help the farm improve animal welfare;
How well the proposed project is designed and if it would help the farm reach the intended goal (increasing access to or improving pasture, achieving certification, building capacity);
If there is sufficient expertise to complete the project;
If the timeline and proposed steps are achievable; and
If the budget is reasonable and related to the project.
In general, while the number of animals that will benefit from a proposed project is not a stand-alone factor, it may be taken into consideration when scoring comparable projects.
If you have additional questions regarding the grant requirements or application, please contact us at grants@foodanimalconcerns.org. We look forward to receiving your application!
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