Expert Farm Fence Installers

Allen Fence Company is a farm fence installer working with hobby farms, acreages, and working agricultural properties across Ontario. A farm fence has one job above everything else: keep what’s supposed to be in, in, and keep what’s supposed to be out, out. That sounds simple until you’re standing on uneven pasture deciding between six wire options and three post materials, each suited to a different animal, terrain, and budget. As your farm fence installer, we help with that decision, and then we build it properly.

Post depth and spacing matter more on a farm fence than almost anywhere else — a fence that leans after one winter isn’t holding livestock, it’s a suggestion. Any farm fence installer can sell you wire and posts; we set those posts to handle frost heave and the kind of pressure animals actually put on a fence line, not just what it takes to pass a quick look.

Choosing the Right Farm Fence

The right fence depends almost entirely on what it needs to contain or keep out, and getting that match wrong is the most common — and most expensive — mistake we see. Part of our job as your farm fence installer is steering you away from that mistake before it’s nailed in place.

Rail fencing is the standard choice for horses and for marking property boundaries. Built in cedar or hemlock with posts and two to four rails, it’s highly visible to animals, which matters for horses specifically — they need to see a fence to respect it, unlike cattle, which can be managed with wire they can’t see as easily. Rail fencing won’t contain a determined goat or a pig, but for horses and boundary marking it’s hard to beat.

Woven wire and mesh wire fencing is built for smaller or more agile livestock — sheep, goats, pigs — where the spacing between wires has to be tight enough that an animal can’t get a head or hoof through it. It’s more expensive than barbed or high-tensile wire but it’s the right call when the animals you’re containing are the kind that test a fence line daily.

High-tensile wire is a good fit for cattle operations covering a lot of ground. It’s strong enough to hold under pressure with fewer posts than other wire systems require, which keeps material and labour costs down on long runs. It needs less maintenance than barbed wire over time but does need to be tensioned correctly at installation — a high-tensile fence put up loose defeats the point of the material.

Electric fencing — permanent or temporary — works as a psychological barrier rather than a physical one, training animals to stay clear of the line rather than physically stopping them. It’s useful for rotational grazing and temporary paddocks, and it can supplement another fence type rather than replace it entirely.

Materials and Posts

Wood — cedar and pressure-treated lumber — is the standard for rail fencing and remains a popular choice for general farm boundaries because it’s visible, repairable in sections, and holds up well when properly treated. Metal options, including galvanized and coated wire systems, trade a higher upfront cost for lower long-term maintenance and better resistance to the kind of wear a working farm puts on a fence line over years rather than seasons.

Whatever material you’re considering, post spacing and depth need to match the wire or rail system you’re using and the ground conditions on your property. As your farm fence installer, we’ll walk the property line with you before recommending a system, because the right answer changes with terrain, drainage, and what’s actually being contained.

Why Choose Allen Fence Company as Your Farm Fence Installer

We’re a family-owned, licensed, and insured fence contractor — no subcontractors, no crew you’ve never met showing up on installation day. We provide written quotes before any work begins and we stand behind what we install.

Farm fencing jobs often mean long runs across uneven ground, which is a different problem than a quarter-acre residential lot. As a farm fence installer who works that kind of ground regularly, we know where it will give you trouble before we break ground, and we plan the run accordingly instead of finding out halfway through.

Ready to get started? We also install wood fences and chain link fencing — explore those pages or contact us today for your free on-site consultation.

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