Peanut Butter Fence Works, Too

Peanut Butter Fence Works Too FENCING Miscellaneous Yvonne Lawley assistant professor of
Agronomy and Cropping Systems at the
University of Manitoba uses much the same
technique to reduce deer damage to research
plots
Lawley and research technician Eric
Wallace use a 3-wire setup with posts on
30-ft spacings It’s powered with a 12-
volt deep cycle battery charged with a solar
panel
“We normally place a strip of aluminum
foil on the top wire and smear it with peanut
butter to attract deer in for a shock ” explains
Wallace “Although it is not harmful to the
deer it needs to be strong enough to deter
them from coming near it a second time ”
Lawley acknowledges that it is the
interaction with the bait that keeps the deer
out They could easily jump the 4-ft high
ribbon
“It is not a new idea but the technology
has changed ” says Lawley “The availability
of solar-powered battery fencers has made
the practice effective at remote locations ”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Yvonne
Lawley University of Manitoba Department
of Plant Science; 222 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Rd Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
R3T 2N2 ph 204 474-6504; Yvonne_
Lawley@umanitoba ca

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