Grazing and Paddock Rotation Plan
Track rest as well as grazing, because the rest period is the part of rotational grazing that actually does the work and the part nobody records.
Livestock and smallholding · LK-37
A free printable fence inspection record — the line walked, faults found, whose boundary it is, and what the repair cost.
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Record the fence walk and the faults, including who is responsible for each boundary before money is spent on it.
Smallholders, graziers, horse owners and anyone whose stock can get out.
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: The fence line walked, faults found, and who is responsible for the boundary they are on.
Record the boundary; check the deeds. Boundary responsibility is a legal matter set by deeds and local law, not by which side the posts are on. Record what you believe and where the belief comes from, and take advice before spending money on somebody else's fence.
Write-on lines: Holding · Year · Walked by
Table, 13 rows: Date · Boundary or field · Type · Fault found · Stock-proof now · Whose responsibility · Repaired on · Cost
Write-on lines: Materials needed · Next full walk
Boundary responsibility comes from the deeds and from local law, not from which side the posts are on — the common beliefs about this are frequently wrong. Check the deeds and, if there is money or a dispute in it, take advice before spending.
Track rest as well as grazing, because the rest period is the part of rotational grazing that actually does the work and the part nobody records.
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