Education

A core leg of the Exchange: curated partner teaching on covers, bringing livestock back, managed grazing, silvopasture, and shrinking diesel and fertilizer. We summarize and credit; the full piece lives on the author's site.

50 resources from OSU, Penn State, Kentucky, WVU, SARE, OEFFA, and Stratford — lined up with FarmTec / Stinner fossil-fuel themes.

Theme

All themes Cover crops & forage Integrating livestock Cutting fossil-fuel inputs Managed grazing Equipment & on-farm energy Silvopasture

Rotational and management-intensive grazing that protects soil while extending the season.

Source

All partners OSU Extension (14)Penn State Ext. (13)UK Extension (5)WVU Extension (4)SARE (4)OEFFA (6)Stratford (4)

Managed grazing · OSU Extension

5 resources

Grazing Intensity and Move Frequency for Rotational Systems
Ohioline · Ohio State University Extension · February 2025
Authors: Kyle Verhoff and Jason Hartschuh
How hard and how often to graze: rotational systems average ~30% more forage, temporary fence and portable water for flexibility, and sacrificial paddocks when soils are wet.
Managed grazing
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Stockpiling Cool-Season Grasses with Fall Nitrogen
Ohioline · Ohio State University Extension · June 2025
Authors: Ted Wiseman and Dan Lima
Tall fescue stockpile for late fall and winter: when to shut the gate, N timing/rate, clover dilutions, and strip-grazing a three-day allocation to roughly double grazing days vs. continuous access.
Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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Giving New Life to Tired Pastures
Ohioline · Ohio State University Extension
Authors: Dean Kreager, Christine Gelley, and Theodore Wiseman
Restoring overgrazed Ohio pastures: residual heights, rest periods, and rotational timing so plants stay vegetative and roots rebuild instead of opening ground to weeds.
Managed grazing
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Targeted Grazing of Native Warm-Season Grasses
Ohioline · Ohio State University Extension
Authors: Alexandre Fameli Mammana, Emanoella Otaviano, Ricardo Henrique Ribeiro, and Marília B. Chiavegato
Height and removal-rate targets for warm-season natives vs. cool-season mixes — more frequent, lighter bites keep green leaf and quality up across the Ohio growing season.
Managed grazingCover crops & forage
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Forage Turnip as a Cover Crop in Ohio
Ohioline · Ohio State University Extension
Authors: Ohio State University Extension and Midwest Cover Crops Council
Brassica cover rated Excellent for grazing; keep turnips under about 35% of the diet, plant in a mix for erosion control, and raise the seeding rate on slopes or for forage.
Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazing
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