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They are herbaceous plants that are grown for the purpose of feeding livestock. Such plants include grass, alfalfa, clover, and even cereal grains.
In common usage, fodder is harvested by the farmer and fed to the livestock, while forage is food that the livestock goes out into the field or pasture and gets for themselves.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoForage is herbaceous plant material that is fed to livestock in the form of hay, silage or pasture.
Forage also means to search for food or provision of any kind.
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∙ 12y agoHorses graze in the wild to find wild grasses and oats Domestic horses still graze, but they are also usually fed other things with the grass.
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Difference between fodder and forage crops?
fodder is the food for cattle and forage crop is food for animals & horses.
What is meant by animal fodder?
Animal fodder is just another name for the food given to livestock animals to eat, otherwise called animal feed. It's differentiated from forage in that fodder is brought to the animals, rather than letting them forage for it.
What is the technical word for cattle feed?
Feedstuffs, Fodder or Forage.
What is fodder grass?
Fodder is just another term for animal feed or feedstuffs. Fodder can also be called forage, grain, hay, silage, etc.
What is another word for hay?
Forage, fodder, dried grass, and silage are just a few synonym's for hay.
What is the definition of average pasture cover?
Fodder, forage, or just plain "average pasture cover."
What is the importance of green fodder in dairy animals?
Fodder is just another term for forage or green silage. Silage is feed that is highly nutritious that dairy cattle need to produce milk and meet their maintenance needs as well. Dairy cattle have higher nutrient needs than most livestock except chickens and pigs, and this need must be met with green fodder or high quality forage in the form of silage and/or grain.
How did the scorched earth policy help the Russians defeat the french?
To deny him access to food, fuel, fodder and forage.
What is another name for horses's food?
A horses feed can be called fodder, this term typically refers to all types of horse feed, forage (hay), grains, concentrates, and supplements.
What does a brangus cow eat?
The same fodder and forage that a cow of any other breed eats: Hay, grass, silage and/or grain. See related question below for more.
What is roughage in cattle feeds?
Roughage is fodder or forage that is not a concentrate ration, but a little higher in fibrous material than concentrate rations such as grain or by-products like bread or distillers grains.
Explain the significance of fodder crops in agriculture?
Fodder is animal feed taken to the animal instead of allowing the animal to forage for what they need for survival. Common fodders plants include alfalfa, clover, grass. corn and sorghum. Where livestock numbers exceed the acerage available for forage they are essential. They become increasingly essential during the winter when snow cover can prevent access to forage. Hay and silage are major forms of fodder preservation, however the use of pellitized or cube products with a higher protein level created by adding edible oils and grains to the hay and sileage is used in all industrialized nations. A modern dairy farm could not operate without it and still provide fluid milk on a year round basis. The same is true of broiler and egg production facilities.
