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What sort of posts are those John?

My only knowledge of this spec came from Jamer's post in his thread "Mid tier FG 1 fence": You and Jamer interpret the same spec differently. It's so badly written you could interpret it either way. But I'm not interested in that - here in Northern Ireland the spec for Environmental Farming...

I should have been clearer - 4mm mild steel is specified for plain wire in both FG1 (which is / was an option in Countryside Stewardship) and NI Environmental Farming Scheme (schemes starting in 2023).

You have identified them! They do unfortunately turn white at various speeds and don't look very good: everyone feel free to speculate why this happens (creosote penetrated well in when you cut them).

FG 1, NI Environmental Farming Scheme - mild steel is only specified for plain wire, they're happy with HT netting and barbed.

I'm using octoposts (due to local availability) so hoping for a long term job. It'll be erected by a fencing contractor. Tornado has been recommended but it's condemned in this thread (albeit from 3.5 years ago): Is there any better than Tornado? On another note why is mild steel plain...