Abstract: A fencing system comprises a fence dropper and a fence clip that couples a fence wire to the fence dropper. The fence dropper comprises an elongate body having a cross-section comprising a pair of spaced apart walls coupled by a web. At least one slot is provided in each wall on a first side of the web for capturing the fence wire. A ratio of a slot breaking mass to a cross sectional area of the fence dropper is substantially optimized. The fence clip comprises an elongate wire bent into an asymmetric shape and comprises a central portion which abuts a second side of the fence dropper and an arm extending from each end of the central portion. A hook portion of each arm captures the fence wire and a lever or lever portion of the hook portions extends the length of the fence clip to facilitate installation.