fodder
Information about fodder
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Fodder growing from barley
In agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, including cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. Most animal feed is from plants but some fodder is of animal origin.
Common plants specifically grown for fodder
- grass (for grazing as pasture and for harvest and storage as hay and silage)
- ryegrass
- Bermuda grass
- timothy-grass
- danthonia
- Orchard grass
- Brome
- wheat
- millet
- fescue
- soybeans
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Round hay bales
- oats
- barley
- maize (corn)
- alfalfa (lucerne)
- sorghum
- clover
- red clover
- white clover
- subterranean clover
- brassicas
- chau moellier
- kale
- rapeseed (Canola)
- rutabaga (swede)
- turnip
- birdsfoot trefoil
Types of fodder
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Fodder factory set up by a farmer for his 100 head of cattle
- hay, silage, stover and straw
- oil cake and press cake
- compound feed and premixes, often called "pellets" or "nuts"
- yeast extract and oligosaccharides
Health concerns
In the past, mad cow disease spread through the inclusion of ruminant meat and bone meal in cattle feed due to prion contamination. This practice is now banned in most countries where it has occurred. Some animals have a lower tolerance for spoiled or moldy fodder than others, and certain types of molds, toxins, or poisonous weeds inadvertently mixed into a food source may cause economic losses due to sickness or death of the animals.Growing Fodder Hydroponically
Some types of fodder may be effectively grown in a hydroponic environment. Growing fodder, instead of feeding the "raw" grain to stock, can greatly increase the value of the grain. For instance, 1 ton of barley can be converted to 7 tons of fodder in less than two weeks.See also
- Forage
- Pasture
- Grain
- Cannon fodder (metaphorical usage)
Agriculture (from Agri Latin for ager ("a field"), and culture, from the Latin cultura "cultivation" in the strict sense of "tillage of the soil". A literal reading of the English word yields "tillage of the soil of a field".
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Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human being for nutrition or pleasure.
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Domestication refers to the process whereby a population of animals or plants becomes accustomed to human provision and control. Humans have brought these populations under their care for a wide range of reasons: to produce food or valuable commodities (such as wool, cotton, or
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Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally) to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to make produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour.
Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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C. a. hircus
Trinomial name
Capra aegagrus hircus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticated subspecies of the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.
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Trinomial name
Capra aegagrus hircus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticated subspecies of the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.
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H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker commonly played at the high stakes tables of casinos. It consists of rounds of play cycling among:
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- Omaha eight or better,
- Razz,
- Seven card Stud, and
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chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.
The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals.
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The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals.
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Sus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus†
Sus cebifrons
Sus celebensis
Sus domestica
Sus falconeri†
Sus heureni
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Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus†
Sus cebifrons
Sus celebensis
Sus domestica
Sus falconeri†
Sus heureni
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Grass is a common word that generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant in the family Gramineae (Poaceae). True grasses include most plants grown as grains, for pasture, and for lawns (turf).
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Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses.
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HAY could refer to:
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- Haycock Airport, Alaska, United States; IATA airport code HAY.
- Hayes and Harlington railway station, England; National Rail station code HAY.
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Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants (cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep)[1] or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters.
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Lolium
L.
Species
See text
Ryegrass (Lolium) is a genus of nine species of tufted grasses, family Poaceae. Also called tares
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L.
Species
See text
Ryegrass (Lolium) is a genus of nine species of tufted grasses, family Poaceae. Also called tares
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Cynodon
Rich.
Species
See text
Cynodon (Greek "Dog-tooth") is a genus of nine species of grasses, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World.
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Rich.
Species
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Cynodon (Greek "Dog-tooth") is a genus of nine species of grasses, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World.
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P. pratense
Binomial name
Phleum pratense
L.
Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region.
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Binomial name
Phleum pratense
L.
Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region.
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Danthonia
DC.
Synonyms
Species include:
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DC.
Synonyms
- Sieglingia Bernh.
Species include:
- Danthonia alpina Vest
- Danthonia cachemyriana Jaub.
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Dactylis
Species: D. glomerata
Binomial name
Dactylis glomerata
L.
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Species: D. glomerata
Binomial name
Dactylis glomerata
L.
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Bromus
Scop.
Sections
Bromus is a large genus of the true grass family (Poaceae), with about 160 species.
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Scop.
Sections
- Bromopsis
- Bromus
- Ceratochloa
- Genea
- Neobromus
Bromus is a large genus of the true grass family (Poaceae), with about 160 species.
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millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops or grains, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. They do not form a taxonomic group, but rather a functional or agronomic one.
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Festuca
L.
Species
Some 300, see text
Fescue (Festuca) is a genus of about 300 species of perennial tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae.
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L.
Species
Some 300, see text
Fescue (Festuca) is a genus of about 300 species of perennial tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae.
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G. max
Binomial name
Glycine max
(L.) Merr.
The soybean (U.S.) or soya bean (UK) (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia.
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Binomial name
Glycine max
(L.) Merr.
The soybean (U.S.) or soya bean (UK) (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia.
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- Oats redirects here. It may mean either the common cereal oat discussed here, or any cultivated or wild species of the genus Avena.
Oat
Oat plants with inflorescences
Scientific classification
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H. vulgare
Binomial name
Hordeum vulgare
L.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an annual cereal grain, which serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in
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Binomial name
Hordeum vulgare
L.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an annual cereal grain, which serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in
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Z. mays
Binomial name
Zea mays
L.
Maize (IPA: /ˈmeɪz/) (Zea mays L. ssp.
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Binomial name
Zea mays
L.
Maize (IPA: /ˈmeɪz/) (Zea mays L. ssp.
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M. sativa
Binomial name
Medicago sativa
L.
Subspecies
Medicago sativa subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin
Medicago sativa subsp.
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Binomial name
Medicago sativa
L.
Subspecies
Medicago sativa subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin
Medicago sativa subsp.
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Sorghum
L.
Species
About 30 species, see text
Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are utilised as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture.
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L.
Species
About 30 species, see text
Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are utilised as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture.
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Trifolium
L.
Species
See text
Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae.
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L.
Species
See text
Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae.
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