Better Pasture with Exclusion Fencing and Clean Water

Exclusion fencing can make the difference between growing pasture for livestock or feeding feral pigs, deer and kangaroos.

On this central NSW grazing property, Leo Collins explains how hot electric fencing, clean water and better pasture planning are changing the farm.

On 2,700 acres of grazing country in central New South Wales, Leo and Melissa Collins have been dealing with serious feral animal pressure while trying to improve pasture, water quality and livestock performance.

In this Farm Learning video, Tim Thompson looks at two practical exclusion fencing approaches: replacing a failing boundary fence with a purpose-built electric exclusion fence, and upgrading an older serviceable fence with leaning electric offsets. Leo explains why they moved away from relying only on trapping, shooting and poisoning pigs, and why a properly powered fence has become central to protecting pasture investment.

The video also looks at the water side of the system: fencing stock out of dams, using solar pumps to lift water to header tanks, and gravity-feeding clean trough water back to livestock. Leo explains why the pump line should not also be used as a trough feed line, and why clean water matters for livestock health, weight gain and long-term farm productivity.

This video will be useful for farmers, landholders, contractors and rural property owners dealing with feral pigs, deer, kangaroos, wild dogs, poor boundary fences, unreliable water systems, dirty dams, pasture establishment costs or livestock water quality issues.

This episode covers practical exclusion fencing, electric fencing for feral pigs, deer control on farms, hot boundary fences, Gallagher electric fencing, 12,000i energisers, Super Earth kits, aluminium fence wire, leaning offsets, iPosts, pasture protection, tropical pasture establishment, clover for nitrogen fixation, solar pump water systems, header tanks, gravity-fed troughs, dam fencing, clean livestock water and real-world grazing property management in Australia.

Watch next on Farm Learning:
• Farm fencing: end assemblies, knots and electric fences https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI-zA_zYCYC8xd24Uohu63vb3ZmI3UUrZ
• Systems for grazing properties and small farms https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI-zA_zYCYC96X8ws0SYHtzpH912i9X0V
• Regenerative grazing, pasture improvement and lower-input farming https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI-zA_zYCYC9pKgZEClQJFCoJGkPdu8Yo
• Electric fencing systems for livestock and feral animal control https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI-zA_zYCYC9K2xFN4I0r5_7FwlHk75G3

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Details:
Location: Central New South Wales
Guest: Leo Collins
Property owners: Leo and Melissa Collins
Farm type: Grazing property
Featured systems: Electric exclusion fencing, leaning offsets, hot boundary fencing, solar pump, header tanks and gravity-fed trough water
Key topics: Feral animal control, pasture protection, farm water systems, clean livestock water, exclusion fencing, electric fencing

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00:00 Protecting pasture from feral animals
00:28 Barley grass, tropical pasture and clover plans
01:32 Why fencing comes before pasture investment
02:35 From trapping pigs to electric exclusion fencing
03:33 Option 1: Replacing the boundary fence
03:51 Fence height, iPosts and high-conductive wire
04:18 Why the energiser and earth system matter
05:23 Leadout wire, joint clamps and power flow
05:53 Why the hot wires are low on the fence
06:58 Option 2: Upgrading an older fence
07:39 Five-wire leaning offsets and aluminium wire
08:32 Why the offset can still work on the inside
09:14 The pasture proof on one side of the fence
10:25 Building it right: clips, clamps and droppers
11:50 End assemblies, tight wires and fewer shorts
12:19 Fencing dams and improving water quality
13:08 Why the pump line should not feed troughs
13:40 Header tanks and water storage capacity
14:26 Runoff rain, deep dams and drought resilience
15:35 Clean trough water and livestock performance
16:51 What farmers can take from this system