forage
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for·age
(fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-) 
n.
v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es. v.intr.
n.
- Food for domestic animals; fodder.
- The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es. v.intr.
- To wander in search of food or provisions.
- To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
- To conduct a search; rummage.
- To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
- Informal. To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.
[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin.]
forager for'ag·er n.
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Vegetable food, including corn and hay, of wild or domestic animals. Harvested, processed, and stored forage is called silage. Forage should be harvested in early maturity to avoid a decrease in protein and fibre content as crops mature.
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forage
verb
- To make a thorough search of: comb, ransack, rummage, scour2. Slang shake down. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, looksearchhigh and low, looksearchup and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See investigate.
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v. obtain food or provisions from (a place).
forager n.
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Plant matter, fresh or preserved, gathered and fed to animals.
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Strictly speaking, dried winter feed, usually hay. Used also to include ensilage and even pasture so that the term becomes synonymous with roughage. See also bunk forage.
- f. mites — see trombicula.
- f. poisoning — the forage contains a toxic agent. See food poisoning.
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categories related to 'forage'
- Ranching and Animal Husbandry - forage: food eaten by browsing or grazing animal; fodder
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Forage
For other uses, see Forage (disambiguation).
Forage is plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock.[1] Historically, the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage.[2]
While the term forage has a broad definition, the term forage crop is used to define crops, annual or biennal, which are grown to be utilized by grazing or harvesting as a whole crop.[3]
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Common forages
Grasses
- Bentgrasses (Agrostis species)
- Common bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris)
- Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera)
- Andropogon hallii
- Brachiaria decumbens
- Brachiara humidicola
- Bothriochloa pertusa
- Bothrioochloa bladhii
- Heteropogon contortus
- Themeda triandra
- Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Melinis minutiflora
- Setaria sphacelata
- Chloris guyana
- Cynodon dactylon
- Paspalum dilatatum
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Echinochloa pyrmaidalis
- Leersia hexandra
- Hymenachne amplexicaulis
- Entolasia imbricata
- Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium)
- Bluegrasses or meadow-grasses (Poa species)
- Kentucky bluegrass or smooth meadow-grass (Poa pratensis)
- Rough meadow-grass (Poa trivialis)
- Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera)
- Bromegrass or brome (Bromus species)
- False oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)
- Fescues (Festuca species):
- Red fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis)
- Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea)
- Orchard grass or cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata)
- Reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
- Ryegrasses (Lolium species):
- Annual or Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)
- Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- Timothy-grass or timothy (Phleum pratense)
Herbaceous Legumes
- Stylosanthes scabra
- Stylosanthes humilis
- Chamaecrista rotundifolia
- Macroptilium atropurpeum
- Macroptilium bracteatum
- Medicago truncatula
- Glycine wightii
- Clitoria ternatea
- Arachis pintoi
- Vigna parkeri
- Alfalfa or lucerne (Medicago sativa)
- Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
- Clovers (Trifolium species):
- Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)
- Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
- Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
- White clover (Trifolium repens)
- Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia)
- Sweetclover or melilot (Melilotus species)
- Vetches (Vicia species)
- Common vetch or tare (Vicia sativa)
- Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa)
- Bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)
- Vicia articulata Hornem
- Vicia narbonensis
Tree Legumes
Silage
Silage may be composed by one of the following[7]
Crop residue
- Sorghum
- Corn (maize) stover
- Soybean stover
See also
- Grass-fed beef
- Forage fish
- Forage (honeybee) can also refer to the plants that produce nectar, in the context of the animals that gather it, such as honeybees.
- Foraging, a method of finding food
- Hunter-gatherers, humans who survive by foraging
References
- ^ Fageria, N.K. (1997). Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops. NY,NY: Marcel Dekker. pp. 595.
- ^ Fageria, N.K. (1997). Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops. NY,NY: Marcel Dekker. pp. 583.
- ^ Givens, D. Ian (2000). Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition. CABI. pp. 1. ISBN 978-0-85199-344-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=78WIrCCJW-MC&pg=PA1&dq=forage+definition#v=onepage&q=forage%20definition&f=false.
- ^ Murphy, Bill (1998). Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence. Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing. pp. 19–20.
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"Pasture". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. - ^ Murphy, Bill (1998). Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence. Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing. pp. 20.
- ^ George, J. Ronald (1994). Extension Publications: Forage and Grain Crops. Dubuque,Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. pp. 152.
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Forage
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - fouragere, samle føde, rage, plyndre
v. tr. - skaffe føde til, fodre
n. - fourage, foder, fouragering
Nederlands (Dutch)
plundertocht, voeder, doorzoeken, afstropen/ plunderen, bemachtigen, voedsel zoeken, van voer voorzien
Français (French)
v. intr. - (fig) fouiller pour trouver qch
v. tr. - affourager (des animaux)
n. - fourrage, pillage, (faire) provision de
Deutsch (German)
n. - Futter, Nahrungssuche, Beutezug
v. - ausplündern, durchstöbern
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χορτονομή, ζωοτροφές, βοσκή, βόσκηση, χόρτο, (μτφ.) επιδρομή για τρόφιμα ή εφόδια
v. - συλλέγω, δίνω χορτονομή, (μτφ.) αναζητώ, ψάχνω, ψάχνω για τροφή, κάνω επιδρομή για τρόφιμα ή εφόδια
Português (Portuguese)
n. - forragem (f) (tipo de ração), procura (f) (de alimento)
v. - forragear
Русский (Russian)
фуражировать, разыскивать
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - forrajearse, ir en busca de provisiones
v. tr. - forrajear, dar forraje a
n. - pillaje, correría, forraje
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - foder åt hästar o boskap, furagering
v. - furagera, leta
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搜寻粮草, 掠夺, 喂, 搜寻, 粮草, 饲料
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搜尋糧草, 掠奪
v. tr. - 餵, 搜尋, 掠奪
n. - 糧草, 搜尋糧草, 飼料
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 식량을 구하다, 침략하다, 뒤지다
v. tr. - 징발하다, 약탈하다
n. - 사료, 먹이 찾기, 습격
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飼料, あさること, まぐさ
v. - 食糧をあさる, 捜す
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) علف للماشيه (فعل) يجمع العلف , ينهب
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - חיפש מזון
v. tr. - חיפש, סיפק מזון
n. - מזון לסוסים ולבקר, מספוא, חציר, חיפוש מזון
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