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the United States, including Texas, California, South hex to welded wire to fixed knot. We also offer
Dakota and South Carolina. Among its primary a few different post and gate options. Our most
fencing products is one to deter deer. Cody Parks, popular fencing for wineries/vineyards is the extra-
Trident’s Marketing Specialist, touts the company strength poly fence. It is an effective deterrent and
as the largest distributor of deer fence systems in is cheap to cover large expanses of land. As far
the U.S. He tells The Grapevine Magazine why deer as other wildlife, we do offer certain fencing that
are so troublesome to vineyards. helps protect against rodents.”

“Deer seem to be one of the largest pests for Parks says that Trident has earned its top spot in
any sort of outdoor growing operation, primarily the industry by introducing innovative products.
because deer can wreak havoc on young plants. “One product we introduced into the market is the
They love to eat young trees and plants as soon as poly fence with reinforced bottom edge. The rein-
they start to bud. This could stop the plant from forced bottom edge makes it more secure when
growing and prevent it from producing a yield. It staking the fencing to the ground,” he says. “We
could potentially kill the plant entirely depending are in a very niche market for our products, and the
[on] how much of it was eaten. Even full-grown majority of places that sell this type of [deer] fenc-
plants aren’t safe. Deer will rub their antlers on ing source it from us. However, we do offer a tiered
trees to remove the velvet which will remove the price list for some businesses, and all of our inven-
bark and expose the sensitive area of a tree,” says tory is at an on-site warehouse.”
Parks.
The bird is the word
“We offer a range of fences in various sizes,
strengths and materials. The fences are polypropyl- Birds present a different type of worry for
ene plastic or varying degrees of metal from steel grape growers. Bouchaine Vineyards, located in

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