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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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