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As part of our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we are going to see the General List of Plants used in Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence as well as few Windbreakers. The following list of plants can be utilized for Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence and some of the large trees can be used as Windbreakers and it will better if the farmer goes for locally available material so as to reduce the expenses.  The below list will be updated as and when there are more data available. S.No. Botanical Name Common Name Tamil Name Habit Condition Role 1 Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. Climbing prickly shrub Dried Mechanical barrier 2 Acacia chundra Willd. Small tree Dried / Live Mechanical barrier 2a Acacia Concinna Shikakai, Soap-pod Climbing prickly shrub Live Mechanical barrier 2aa Acacia Mellifera - - - Live Mechanical barrier 2b Acacia nilotica subsp. indica  Gum Arabic, Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barrier 2c Acacia nilotica ssp. Tomentosa Tomentose Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barr...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see the different options in Fences. Before getting into the details of Fences, we need to consider and assess whether we need Fences at all.  While you travel in the rural areas, you can notice many of the Paddy fields, Sugarcane fields etc are not fenced at all.  So, only if there is a need for Fencing should we consider the below options. The need for fencing is to keep the stray cattle and poultry as well as human beings from tresspassing into your farm and damaging the crops and thereby minimizing the monetary loss. Let us take a look at the different Fencing Options generally used and their specific uses as well. Wooden Fencing Wire Fencing Electric / Solar Fencing Live Fencing Wooden Fencing A wooden pole is used every few feet and in between wooden planks are attached to the poles.  This has been used previously and this is used mainly for keeping big animals (like cows, horses) out...