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The Home Page will serve as the main page for Plants & General Discussion, the Allied Activities Page will serve as the main page for others. As usual, this page has been created keeping in view the focus of the author which is Tamilnadu, India.  Only those allied activities which are being carried out in TN will be listed here and discussed as well. To start with, I am listing the Allied Activities that are being carried out in TN and are known to me. Livestock Cow Farming Comparison of Indigenous or Traditional or Desi Cows Milk Yield Buffalo Farming Data of Indigenous Buffaloes of India for Decision Making Goat Farming An Introduction to Goat Farming Data of Indigenous Goats of India for Decision Making Sheep Farming Data of Indigenous Sheeps of India for Decision Making Pig Farming Data of Indigenous Pigs of India for Decision Making Rabbit Farming Poultry Country Chicken Farming An Introduction to Country Chicken Farming Data of Indigenous Chickens of India for Decisi...

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...