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...are fences too costly, or something?
by samplatt 1y ago
...are fences too costly, or something?
- account-5 1y agoPretty sure they might be cheaper that £10k a year.
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- jaoane 1y agoMaybe after ten years.
- bartvk 1y agoYes, fencing is very costly especially because cows are strong. I grew up on the countryside and learned a couple of things. Fencing not only needs to be built but also maintained. You can also use electric fences but that's basically the same, and you need to run power. Cows are stubborn and especially in summer, when they found out that the water cools them down, they get into the water. But often they can't get out, at least how N/W-European pastures are. So you get a tractor and pull them out, but then they learn that :-) What actually is necessary, is that there's enough shade. But trees need to maintained so a lot of farmers cut them down. Note that my knowledge is limited and perhaps already out of date.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoModern solution, a half-open barn with a roof of solar panels. I don't understand why pastures don't have a roofed area. ...solar panels that power the electric fence or 5g broadcaster for the GPS collars, lol.
- rcxdude 1y agoWould cheese off a few people in the area, since along that stretch of river there's a popular riverside picnic spot and a mooring area for houseboats. (Also, it's a common, which in England means massive piles of red tape to build anything on it)
- badmintonbaseba 1y agoThe cows graze in parks shared with people. You don't want to fence around the people, just the cows. This is an example of a field that the cows visit regularly: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iYbCeJu8fvrmuAXz9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/iYbCeJu8fvrmuAXz9
- strken 1y agoI suppose they didn't feel a stile, gate, or cattle grid would be aesthetic enough.
- badmintonbaseba 1y agoThere are already barriers like that at the edges of the common: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1anrXAPRE3Dp3ZFo9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/1anrXAPRE3Dp3ZFo9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/YTfAYamG55SftWay6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/YTfAYamG55SftWay6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/AWKxr76HUzgvSqBG7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/AWKxr76HUzgvSqBG7 People have free access to the river and the field, any physical barrier would limit that.
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- ceejayoz 1y agoThe cows are on public, multi-use land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land
- AngryData 1y agoFences are useful, but if a cow truly wants through a fence, they can and will just push through it and snap it. Electric fences and barbed wire can make them a better deterrent, but even then if the grass on the other side looks tasty enough they will push all of their potentially 2,000+ pounds against that fence until it tips over or snaps.