Working with DU to plant some native grass and fencing 550 acres. Plan on putting up 3 or 4 wire high tensile fence with a couple wires hot.

This 550 acres has three fields with the plan to plant 3 different crops in these fields so that we can have one field which we can plant cover crops to graze after wheat or possibly camilina (if this crop continues to gain traction). Another ffield of corn to graze after harvest and the last would be soybeans which if camilina works would need to be seeded to camilina in fall so probably not grazed. Also would consider planting something else in corn field and going away from beans if we can find the right crop and market.

Questions?

Thinking of using composite posts from zahntech, any good or bad experiences with these post? Pretty new product only being out about a year so probably not a lot of experiences yet.

8 inch posts on corners and 4 inch line posts. Will the 4 inch line posts be large enough?

How close should post be located to help with snow load and keeping wires from getting tangled up from deer? Also want to build as much of a maintenance free fence as possible.

What is a fair cost per head per day for leasing this ground? I would assume a good cover crop would be more valuable than corn stalks but need to come up with a number that works for both the livestock producer and grain farmer.

What i would like to determine and show is as a non livestock producer (and i dont have the gift or desire to become one). Is there an economic and environmental benefit to introducing livestock on my ground comparing this section to adjacent quarters that will not have livestock. I figure i will need at least 5-10 years before i start to see economic advantages.

Any thing i maybe missing?

Any thoughts and ideas would be welcomed and discussed.

Thanks for your input.