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Fenced laneway

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Fenced laneway

This fenced laneway makes moving these dairy cows very straightforward. The cows are making their way to the milking shed with a minimum of fuss, keeping well away from the post and four-wire electric fence. The farmer simply has to open a gate off the laneway and the cows will make their own way back to the paddock after milking.

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Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Reasons for fencing on farms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15283/fenced-laneway (accessed 9 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.