Q: If two ranches are separated by a length of old barbed-wire fencing and that fence needs repair, who is responsible come fence-mending time? Name Withheld, Weatherford A: Your inquiry is more ...

ERSKINE, Minn. -- Cheri Hasbrouck loves fixing fences, especially if they're barbed wire. While stretching and twisting the unyielding wire is the bane of many a rancher's existence, for Hasbrouck ...

Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the ...

Behold the humble barbed-wire fence, the five-strand sentinel of Texas woods and plains. Untold thousands of miles of barbed-wire fence divide the state, so ubiquitous outside the city centers that ...

One day as I was driving from my home near Kraemer Lake, I noticed a small herd of cattle in a pasture fenced with barbed wire. It brought back memories. Wire had been a much-used commodity on our ...

A group dedicated to ripping out old livestock fences to clear the way for wildlife is now taking aim at abandoned barbed wire in Oro Valley. After years of work mostly in Avra Valley, the ...

ARMAS EXPLAINS HOW THAT TERRAIN MEXICO AND MEXICO. SOME CLOSED OFF BY STEEL WALLS. OTHER AREAS BARDED FENCES >> SEVERAL MILES IS NORMANDY FENCING. DOZENING MILES IS ONLY BARBED WIRE. >> THAT'S ALL THE ...

Some producers have sought to repair damaged fences only to find stretched wire is brittle and breaks. The tornado cut a swath a half-mile wide across the county and other damage came from hail or ...