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

Less diesel, fertilizer N, and mechanical harvest through grazing, no-till, and input efficiency.

Source

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

Cutting fossil-fuel inputs · UK Extension

3 resources

Stockpiling Tall Fescue
UK Master Grazer · University of Kentucky Extension
Authors: Ray Smith, Christopher Teutsch, and Jeff Lehmkuhler
Every day on stockpiled fescue saves hay, labor, and equipment — quality holds through frost better than most cool-season grasses; strip-graze for maximum days.
Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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Rotational Grazing (ID-143)
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension
Authors: Ray Smith, Garry Lacefield, Roy Burris, David Ditsch, Bob Coleman, Jeff Lehmkuhler, and Jimmy Henning
Classic UK Cooperative Extension bulletin: rotational grazing cuts machinery, fuel, and facility cost while improving utilization, waste distribution, and season length.
Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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Extending Grazing and Reducing Stored Feed Needs (AGR-199)
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension
Authors: Don Ball, Ed Ballard, Mark Kennedy, Garry Lacefield, and Dan Undersander
Southern Extension classic: warm-/cool-season mixes, stockpile math (~80 cow-days/acre at 70% efficiency), crop residue, dormant alfalfa, and strip grazing to shrink hay dependence.
Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputsIntegrating livestock
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Attribution

Every card names the authors and publisher and links to their post, PDF, or project page. Summaries are written for the Exchange; they are not reprints.