Electric fencing – fire risk or vital infrastructure?
Livestock SA president Joe Keynes says the representative organisation will consider putting together a code for electric fences ahead of the 2018-19 fire season, following discussions at a recent meeting in the South East.
“If it is potentially a problem for producers in the South East then it could be for the whole state,” he said.
“I know that some already turn them off on high fire risk days and then there are others like us that don’t but make sure the maintenance is kept up.”
The proposal was raised during discussions about January’s devastating Sherwood fire, which CFS investigators believe was ignited by an electric fence.
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