WITH flooding occurring in parts of southern NSW and northern Victoria, a good crowd of farmers at this year’s Henty Machinery Field Days were very keen to learn about new flood posts, designed to float above a watercourse in the event of a flood.
The benefit of the new buoyant plastic flood posts, which were introduced by Waratah as a prototype at Henty last year, is that debris can easily pass underneath the posts and attached wires without building up and causing damage to the fence.
Waratah territory sales manager Kieran Kelly said he and colleagues dealt with a huge number of enquiries about the flood posts, as well as feral exclusion fencing options too.
And as always, exclusion fencing was a hot topic this year, as local farmers continue to face increasing pressure from roos, wild dogs, wild pigs, rabbits and foxes, and need strong well-designed fences to protect their crops, pastures and livestock.
- Waratah's Kierean Kelly
“We received a lot of positive feedback about the flood posts from farmers that have used the product over the last six months in this region during this wet winter,” Mr Kelly said.
“And as always, exclusion fencing was a hot topic this year, as local farmers continue to face increasing pressure from kangaroos, wild dogs, wild pigs, rabbits and foxes, and need strong well-designed fences to protect their crops, pastures and livestock.
“Exclusion fences in this area need to be able withstand immense pressure from roos, but also prevent wombats, rabbits and wild dogs from burrowing underneath to damage crops or harm livestock.
“We want to make fencing as easy as possible, which includes showing how to use the accessory range properly and easily.
“This year we also featured post extension options, which can be easily attached to our ‘Jio’ posts to prevent kangaroos from hopping over the fence in search of more feed.”
Expert fencing contractor David Cornthwaite provided demonstrations throughout the three days, including tips on how to attach the 45-degree and 90-degree post extensions to the ‘Jio’ posts, and how to set up the flood posts.
For the second year in a row, Waratah’s innovation team were back on deck fielding questions about new products, including the flood posts, as well as discussing new prototypes in the pipeline.
“They were inundated with feedback, gaining valuable insight before the prototypes hit the market.”
