Designed by Farmers, For Famers: The Better Way to Fence

Mar 28, 2025
By Farms.com Interns

PHOTO CREDIT (website and photographer): PlusPost

Looking for a smarter, more affordable way to secure your pasture? Discover how PlusPost’s durable, eco-friendly fence posts are revolutionizing the way farmers fence their fields-saving time, money, and hassle.

BY: Zahra Sadiq
Tired of expensive traditional fence posts that fail to secure your property? Electrical fence posts offer a cost-effective, reliable solution for farmers looking to boost security without breaking the bank.

PlusPost offers electric fence posts made from 99% recycled plastic and enhanced with a UV stabilizer, providing an affordable and eco-friendly alternative to traditional metal posts. These durable posts come in three sizes: 40", 50", and 60".

They are also installed with an earth auger in half the time of wood or metal posts, saving you hundreds on equipment rentals and labor. Additionally, their plastic construction eliminates the need for insulators.

These fence posts are also quick and easy to install. So much so PlusPost offers a free download guide for its easy installation. All you need is a drill, a mallet, and the auger attachment. PlusPost was made by farmers for farmers, ensuring they have a practical, cost-effective solution that fits their needs.

These fence posts offer a reliable solution to keep your livestock secure with no need for insulator clips. Made to withstand pressure, PlusPosts bend when impacted, relieving tension, and preventing damage to the posts or wires. They are hassle-free, maintenance-free, and will not rot, making them the durable and cost-effective choice for electric fences.

Overall, if you are looking to get fence posts, look to PlusPost fence posts for their sustainable, cost-effective, and hassle-free solution for farmers, ensuring long-lasting security for livestock without the maintenance and expense of traditional posts.

Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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