Farm & Ranch Fencing in Portland & Vancouver

No-climb woven mesh with a top rail is the safest all-around choice: visible, smooth, and forgiving. Post-and-rail looks classic but pairs best with a mesh or hot-wire backup for horses that lean and chew.

Yes. Long-run perimeter work is a core part of our farm fencing, and we regularly quote projects measured in the hundreds or thousands of feet across Clark County and rural Clackamas County.

Pressure-treated wood posts with steel T-posts between is the standard cost-effective pattern. Corners and gate posts are always wood or heavy steel, braced properly, because that's where fence tension lives.

Yes. We build farm entry gates and install solar-capable automatic openers, which matter on long driveways where trenching power isn't practical.

Wood posts with woven-wire field fence typically go 12 to 16 feet apart on flat ground, or an alternating pattern of wood posts with steel T-posts between them at closer intervals. Dips, rises, and animal pressure points want tighter spacing. Braced corners carry the tension; line posts mostly hold the wire at height, which is why the corners get the heavy lumber.

An H-brace is two posts connected by a horizontal rail and a diagonal brace wire, forming the anchor that resists hundreds of pounds of fence pull. Without it, corner posts lean inward within a season or two and the whole run slackens. We build them in wood or heavy steel, and either serves well when sized and set correctly.

Often, yes. A single hot wire offset inside the fence teaches animals to stay off it, and animal contact is what kills most farm fences: cattle rubbing, horses leaning, goats climbing. It's inexpensive protection for the fence you already paid for. We install offset brackets and chargers, including solar units for pastures without nearby power.