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Back in 2017, we published Five Strands: A Landowner’s Guide to Fence Law in Texas.\u00a0 This handbook was the first resource of its kind to gather together information about Texas fence law in one easy-to-read, landowner-friendly publication.\u00a0 Thanks to you all, it was extremely popular.<\/p>\n

Now, five years later, we are releasing our Second Edition.\u00a0 There have been numerous new cases and opinions issued that landowners and producers need to be aware of, and this new handbook will allow you to do just that.<\/p>\n

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To download your free PDF copy, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would like to take a moment to thank my co-authors, Jim Bradbury, Kyle Weldon, and Sarah Patterson.\u00a0 The opportunity to work with people like this not only makes the information I put out better, but it sure makes my job even more fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in 2017, we published Five Strands: A Landowner’s Guide to Fence Law in Texas.\u00a0 This handbook was the first resource of its kind to gather together information about Texas fence law in one easy-to-read, landowner-friendly publication.\u00a0 Thanks to you all, it was extremely popular. Now, five years later, we are releasing our Second Edition.\u00a0 There have been numerous new cases and opinions issued that landowners and producers need to be aware of, and this new handbook will allow you to do just that. 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