Ohio ValleyGrazing Exchange

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 themesCover crops & forageIntegrating livestockCutting fossil-fuel inputsManaged grazingEquipment & on-farm energySilvopasture

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

Source

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

Managed grazing

33 resources

  • OSU Extension
    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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  • OSU Extension
    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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  • OSU Extension
    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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  • OSU Extension
    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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  • OSU Extension
    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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  • Penn State Ext.
    Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems: Grazing Cover Crops for Soil Health
    Penn State Extension · Updated October 2022

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker, David W. Hartman, Kathy J. Soder, Justin L. Brackenrich, and Divya Pant

    Five soil-health principles for grazing covers: armor, no-till, diversity, living roots, and livestock. Emphasizes take-half/leave-half, frequent moves, and avoiding wet pugging.

    Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazing
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Intensive Grazing Management of Cover Crops for Soil Health
    Penn State Extension

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker and Divya Pant

    On-farm Adams and Franklin County results: MiG moves every 1–2 days delivered ~1,200–2,300 lb/acre DM while leaving about half the residue; bulk density recovered and soil biology often improved.

    Cover crops & forageManaged grazingIntegrating livestock
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Potential to Integrate Grazing into No-Till Systems
    Penn State Extension · Updated September 2025

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker and Jessica A. Williamson

    Perennial–annual rotations, grazed covers, and residue grazing on continuous no-till — grazed forage often costs half or less of machine-harvested feed, with no manure-spreading pass.

    Integrating livestockCover crops & forageCutting fossil-fuel inputsManaged grazing
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Stockpile Grazing and Soil Health
    Penn State Extension

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker

    Rest cool-season perennials 60–70 days before frost, then winter-graze the standing feed — with notes on puddling risk and how biology repairs surface compaction.

    Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Extending the Grazing Season – Stockpiling Pastures for Fall Grazing
    Penn State Extension

    Authors: Jessica A. Williamson

    Defer grazing from late July/early August, choose stockpile-friendly species (tall fescue, brome, birdsfoot trefoil), and cut winter hay/hauling costs for 2–3 months.

    Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Extending the Grazing Season with Plant Diversity
    Penn State Extension

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker and Jessica A. Williamson

    Warm-season annuals and perennials plus cool-season annuals fill summer slumps and free perennial paddocks to stockpile — no-till makes the rotations practical.

    Managed grazingCover crops & forageIntegrating livestock
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Plant Diversity to Extend the Grazing Season
    Penn State Extension

    Authors: Sjoerd W. Duiker and Jessica A. Williamson

    Case-style look at stacking cool- and warm-season perennials and annuals toward nearly 300 grazing days a year while resting paddocks for stockpile.

    Managed grazingCover crops & forage
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Cover Crops for Livestock Grazing
    Penn State Extension · Updated November 2025

    Authors: David Hartman

    Decision guide for grazing covers in a cash-crop rotation: fencing and wet soils, cattle class, why annuals alone rarely beat perennials for cows, and diverse mixes that cut hay bills while building soil.

    Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Strategies for Extending the Grazing Season
    Penn State Extension · Updated November 2025

    Authors: Marvin H. Hall and Jerry Jung

    Stockpile tall fescue and birdsfoot trefoil, then add fall growers — prairie grass, brassicas, and small grains — for 60–90 extra grazing days and less stored feed, diesel, and labor.

    Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputsCover crops & forage
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  • Penn State Ext.
    Silvopasture Could Work on Your Farm
    Penn State Extension · Updated October 2025

    Authors: David Hartman

    Why managed trees-plus-livestock differs from unmanaged woods grazing: shade gains without manure campouts, site selection, and Northeast learning paths before you thin or plant.

    SilvopastureManaged grazingIntegrating livestock
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  • Penn State Ext.
    2024–2025 Fall-Seeded Winter Forages and Cover Crops
    Penn State Extension · July 2025

    Authors: Weiya Xue

    Rock Springs and Landisville variety trial: annual ryegrass, cereal rye, barley, and triticale yields and quality under single- and multi-cut systems after October planting — numbers for grazing or harvest planners.

    Cover crops & forageManaged grazing
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  • UK Extension
    Grazing Cover Crops
    UK Master Grazer · University of Kentucky Extension

    Authors: Ray Smith, Christopher Teutsch, and Jeff Lehmkuhler

    Master Grazer guidance for KY: wheat and cereal rye mixes, fencing realities on cropland, which cattle classes pay, and contracting with a neighbor when you lack the planter.

    Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazing
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  • UK Extension
    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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  • UK Extension
    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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  • UK Extension
    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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  • WVU Extension
    A Quick Guide to Pasture and Grazing Management
    WVU Extension Service · July 2017

    Authors: Ed Rayburn

    Three principles — fertility, timing/intensity, and matching forage supply to demand. Move at 8–12 inches in and 2–4 inches out; never leave animals on a paddock more than seven days.

    Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • WVU Extension
    Grazing for Appalachian Sustainability (GRASS)
    WVU Extension · Applications open through September 2026

    Authors: WVU Extension

    USDA-backed WVU Extension project helping beef and sheep producers shift to soil-health grazing — prescribed grazing, fencing, watering, silvopasture, and related NRCS practices. Summer 2026 applications close mid-September.

    Managed grazingIntegrating livestockSilvopasture
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  • WVU Extension
    Pasture Management (resource hub)
    WVU Extension

    Authors: WVU Extension

    Index of WVU pasture sheets: fencing, watering, stockpile, stocking rate, plate meters, and extending the grazing season to cut stored-feed costs.

    Managed grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • SARE
    Let’s Talk! Integrating Crops & Livestock (infographic narrative)
    USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) · 2022

    Authors: Green Lands Blue Waters and SARE

    Spectrum from hauling cover forage to temporary fence and in-field grazing — grazing cuts fuel, equipment wear, and manure-handling compared with mechanical harvest and feedlot feeding.

    Integrating livestockCover crops & forageCutting fossil-fuel inputsManaged grazing
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  • SARE
    Grazing Cover Crops (Managing Cover Crops Profitably, Ch. 12)
    USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

    Authors: SARE

    SARE chapter on why grazing is often the fastest path to making covers pay: cool- and warm-season windows, MiG moves that limit trampling, and how manure and saliva feed soil biology while cutting hay dependence.

    Integrating livestockCover crops & forageManaged grazingCutting fossil-fuel inputs
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  • OEFFA
    Soil Health, Silvopasture, and Other Grazing Adaptations
    OEFFA · Ohio Organic Farmer Researcher Network · June 2025 event archive

    Authors: Matt Falb and Ohio Organic Farmer Researcher Network

    Ohio Organic Farmer Researcher Network seminar with Wayne County farmer Matt Falb on silvopasture and grazing covers on neighboring farms — OEFFA / Central State / OSU collaboration.

    Integrating livestockManaged grazingCover crops & forageSilvopasture
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  • OEFFA
    Cover Crops and Grazing (Ohio No-Till / TNC field day)
    OEFFA events · Ohio No-Till / TNC · June field day archive

    Authors: Ohio No-Till Council and The Nature Conservancy

    Listed on OEFFA’s calendar: Ohio No-Till Council and The Nature Conservancy soil-health field day tying regenerative covers to grazing — gateway to TNC Ohio ag programming.

    Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazing
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  • OEFFA
    Silvopasture in Practice: Buckskin Valley Farms tour
    OEFFA events · Rural Action · August 2025

    Authors: Charlie Eselgroth and Rural Action

    Charlie Eselgroth’s dairy planting trees into pasture for shade, tree crops, and habitat — Rural Action on hand for technical assistance and funding paths.

    SilvopastureManaged grazingIntegrating livestock
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  • OEFFA
    Silvopasture Tour: Hidden Creek Pasture
    OEFFA events · Rural Action

    Authors: Wendall Miller, Carla Miller, and Rural Action

    Seven-acre silvopasture on a Noble County pastured beef and chicken farm — Wendall and Carla Miller’s managed grazing on rolling woods and pasture.

    SilvopastureManaged grazing
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  • OEFFA
    Grazing Innovations and Opportunities (Grim Dairy)
    OEFFA Farm Tour Series

    Authors: Eric Grim, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, and OEFFA

    Eric Grim on dairy grazing infrastructure, Pasture.io forage tracking, and Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship paths — OEFFA Farm Tour with OOFRN.

    Managed grazingIntegrating livestock
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  • Stratford
    Life on the farm: no-till drill, roller/crimper, and pasture dividers
    Stratford Ecological Center · May 2023

    Authors: Pauline Scott and Farmer Jeff

    Pauline Scott’s farm journal: permanent pasture dividers for better grazing patterns, early season clover/alfalfa grazing, and a donated Great Plains no-till drill plus roller/crimper so Farmer Jeff can plant into covers without tillage.

    Managed grazingCover crops & forageEquipment & on-farm energyCutting fossil-fuel inputsIntegrating livestock
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  • Stratford
    Life is good at Stratford: corn nurse-crop covers for graze or hay
    Stratford Ecological Center · July 2026

    Authors: Pauline Scott

    Field 6 mix of corn with winter peas, barley, and crimson clover — corn comes off in fall; the understory stays as high-protein cover for spring hay, balage, or grazing, which the farm calls the most beneficial use.

    Cover crops & forageIntegrating livestockManaged grazing
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  • Stratford
    Stratford Ecological Center — educational farm & preserve
    Stratford Ecological Center

    Authors: Stratford Ecological Center

    236-acre certified organic demonstration farm and nature preserve in Delaware County: livestock, gardens, 8-year rotations, and hands-on programs for children and adults.

    Integrating livestockManaged grazingCover crops & forage
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