• Develop best management practices (seedbed preparation and methods) for establishing cool-season perennial grasses

• Evaluating compatibility of winter and summer legumes with tall fescue

• Economic comparison of an annual (rye/ryegrass) system vs. a perennial (tall fescue) system under grazing

• Evaluation of winter annual and summer annual reseeding legumes

• Development best management practices for establishing and producing switchgrass

• Develop best management practices for establishing and managing Roundup Ready alfalfa/p