Fence Company Salem County NJ

Updated September 21, 2026

Liberi Fence installs farm perimeter, horse, ranch-rail and stormwater basin fencing across Salem County, NJ, along with residential fences in Woodstown, Pennsville and Carneys Point. Salem County is the most agricultural county in South Jersey, and the fencing it needs is different from a suburban backyard: longer runs, open exposure to wind, livestock on one side of the line, and township permit rules that treat a 5-acre farm differently from a quarter-acre lot. As a third-generation, family-owned fence company based in Turnersville, we install the fence, and we also sell the materials with free delivery if you would rather set the posts yourself.

Fencing for Salem County farms, horse properties and rural homes

Most fencing work in Salem County is boundary, pasture and livestock fencing on parcels of several acres, not privacy fencing on a small lot. The county's farmland runs from the equine and hay properties around Pilesgrove and Woodstown, through the vegetable and grain farms of Upper Pittsgrove, Pittsgrove and Alloway, to the tidal-meadow edges of Mannington, Elsinboro and Lower Alloways Creek near the Delaware. Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove is the county's landmark for a reason: this is horse country.

That changes three things about how a fence should be built here. First, run length: a farm perimeter is measured in thousands of feet, so post spacing and material grade decide the budget. Second, exposure: open fields take the full force of a nor'easter, so the fence either lets wind through (rail, wire) or is engineered to resist it. Third, purpose: a fence that contains horses has different height and visibility requirements than one that keeps deer out of a crop field or defines a property line. We install all three, and we will tell you plainly when a cheaper option does the job.

Horse and ranch-rail fencing: what actually matters

A horse fence needs to be tall enough that a horse will not test it, visible enough that it will not run into it, and free of anything that can catch a leg. Post-and-rail meets all three, which is why it is the standard on equine properties from Pilesgrove to Woodstown.

Wood post-and-rail in South Jersey is pressure-treated southern yellow pine or western red cedar. Pine is the lower-cost choice and holds up in the county's sandy loam when the post is set in properly drained footing; cedar costs more and weathers to gray without sealing. We are an authorized dealer for Illusions Vinyl Fence, whose post-and-rail line gives you the same profile with no repainting, and every material we install is also available for pickup or delivery if you are fencing a large property in stages.

Farm perimeter and livestock fencing

Farm fencing is priced by the linear foot plus corners, braces and gates, so the first number we need is the run length, not the acreage. A square 5-acre parcel has about 1,870 feet of perimeter; a 20-acre parcel has about 3,730 feet. Corners and gate openings each need braced assemblies, and those, not the straight runs, are where a wire fence fails if they are built short.

Which fence for which animal

• Horses: post-and-rail, or high-tensile with a visible top rail. Never barbed wire.
• Cattle: woven wire or 5-strand high-tensile on treated posts; braced corners are non-negotiable.
• Goats and sheep: woven wire with 4-inch or smaller openings so heads cannot get through.
• Crop fields and orchards (deer pressure): 7.5–8 ft fixed-knot or polypropylene deer fence; deer will clear anything under 6 ft.
• Farm gates: 12–16 ft tube gates for equipment access; we set the gate posts heavier than the line posts so the gate does not sag.

Right to Farm and your fence

If your property qualifies as a commercial farm under New Jersey's Right to Farm Act (generally 5 or more acres producing at least $2,500 a year in agricultural products, and eligible for farmland assessment), agricultural fencing is a normal farm practice and the Salem County Agriculture Development Board is your point of contact on any dispute with a neighbor or the township. Rutgers publishes a plain-language summary in Fact Sheet FS1253. Properties that do not qualify follow the township's residential fence ordinance instead, and the two sets of rules differ on height and setback. We confirm which applies to your parcel before we write the estimate.

Stormwater basin and retention pond fencing

Detention and retention basins in Salem County are fenced when the municipal site-plan approval requires it, and that requirement comes from the township engineer and the land-use board, not from a single state rule. The NJDEP's stormwater management rules (N.J.A.C. 7:8) govern how basins are built and maintained; the fence around them is a local safety condition, usually written into the approval for a subdivision, a warehouse or a commercial site.

The fence itself is almost always galvanized chain link with a locking maintenance gate wide enough for a mower, and the ownership sits with the developer during construction and with the HOA or property owner afterward. That is who calls us: property managers, HOA boards and site contractors along the Route 40, Route 45 and I-295 corridors in Carneys Point, Oldmans, Pennsville and Woolwich-adjacent Pilesgrove. If the basin was built without a fence and the township is now requiring one, or the original fence has been pulled down by mowing crews and frost heave, we replace it to the specification in the approval.

Residential fencing in Salem County

Alongside the farm work, we install privacy, picket, aluminum and pool-code fencing on residential lots in Woodstown, Pennsville, Carneys Point, Penns Grove, Elmer and Salem City. The same crews and the same materials apply: vinyl privacy, wood, aluminum and chain link, plus decks and railings. Older housing stock in Salem City and Woodstown's historic district often has odd lot lines and shared boundaries, so we start every residential job by locating the survey pins rather than the existing fence, which may not be on the line.

How a Salem County fence project works

• On-site estimate. We walk the line, measure the run, count corners and gates, and look at the soil and drainage. You get a written, itemized estimate. Confirm your boundary first: the NJ parcel map is a starting point, and a survey is the only definitive answer.
• Permits and utility markout. Permit requirements are set township by township; farm fencing on a qualifying commercial farm is usually treated differently from a residential fence. We call NJ One Call (811) before any post hole is dug.
• Materials. Installed by our crews, or delivered to you. In-stock materials typically deliver within 2–5 business days in South Jersey, and delivery is free within 200 miles.
• Installation and walkthrough. Posts set below the frost line in drained footing, rails or wire tensioned, gates hung and checked for swing. We walk the finished line with you before the job closes.

Areas we serve in Salem County NJ

We install across all 15 Salem County municipalities: Alloway, Carneys Point, Elmer, Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek, Mannington, Oldmans, Penns Grove, Pennsville, Pilesgrove, Pittsgrove, Quinton, Salem City, Upper Pittsgrove and Woodstown. Farm and horse properties in neighboring Cumberland County and the Mullica Hill and Swedesboro side of Gloucester County are on the same routes from our Turnersville shop.

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