Agricultural Fences

A Class Fencing has been building agricultural fences across Southern Alberta for years. We service Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane, Okotoks, Strathmore, High River, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, Langdon, and out into Foothills County, Rocky View County, Mountain View County, and Wheatland County. From 2-acre hobby farms to full-section working ranches, we bring the right equipment — power augers, hydraulic post pounders, wire spinners, and fence trucks — to put every job in fast, straight, and built to last.

Every agricultural fence we build is engineered for the job: page wire for mixed livestock and wildlife exclusion, high-tensile smooth wire for cattle perimeters, barbed wire for working range, post and rail or vinyl ranch rail for laneways and entrance approaches, and no-climb V-mesh for horse paddocks. A Class Fencing walks the property with you and recommends exactly what kind of fence makes sense for each section — no overbuilding, no underbuilding, just the right spec for the use.

What separates a 30-year agricultural fence from one that fails in five is the corner work and the brace assemblies. We build proper H-brace and double-H assemblies at every corner, gate, and tension change. Wood posts are pressure-treated for ground contact, T-posts are heavy-gauge, and wire is tensioned correctly with inline strainers. The result is agricultural fencing that holds up to Alberta weather, wildlife, and livestock for decades.

Southern Alberta climate is brutal on agricultural fence. Long stretches of -30°C deep freeze, chinook freeze-thaw cycles that lift improperly-set posts, prairie winds that punish anything taller than the grass, deer pressure on perimeters near wooded country, and snow loads that can collapse improperly-tensioned wire. A Class Fencing builds for all of it: posts driven deep with hydraulic pounders or set in concrete where the soil demands it, wire tensioned correctly so the snow weight doesn't bend posts, and brace assemblies engineered for chinook wind loading.

Agricultural fence cost varies more than residential — long-run perimeter wire can run $5-$15 per linear foot, page wire and high-tensile mid-range, and full vinyl ranch rail or post-and-rail at the top end. Pricing depends heavily on length, terrain, brace count, gate spec, and access. Long straight runs over good ground are the cheapest per foot; short broken sections over rocky ground are the most expensive. A Class Fencing walks the property, takes a measure, and gives you an honest written quote — no per-foot pricing over the phone, because the numbers are usually wrong.

Maintenance on agricultural fence is mostly inspection and tightening. Tensioned wire stretches slightly in the first year and benefits from a re-tension check. T-posts can be straightened after a wildlife strike. Corner braces should be inspected every few years to catch any loosening. Built right from the start, a Class Fencing agricultural fence stays tight and functional for 25 to 30+ years with light maintenance.

Every agricultural fence build comes with a workmanship warranty in writing. Process: walk the property together, get a written quote within 48 hours, schedule the build, deposit confirms the date, balance on completion. Long-run jobs (1,000+ ft) typically take 5-10 working days; smaller hobby-farm builds 2-4 days. Call (403) 971-4882 or request a free estimate online.