Fodder
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Fodder, also called provender, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. "Fodder" refers particularly t
A fodder factory set up by an individual farmer to produce customised cattle feed
Manual cutting of green fodder, Punjab
Round hay bales
Stack of bales, sweet-smelling fodder stored for winter
Animal feed
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Animal feed is food given to domestic animals, especially livestock, in the course of animal husbandry. There are two basic types: fodder and forage. Used alone, the word feed more often refers to fod
Fodder
…plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves (called forage). Fodder includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes (such as bean sprouts, fresh malt, or spent malt). Most animal feed is from plants, but some…
A feedlot in Texas, United States, where cattle are "finished" (fattened on grains) prior to slaughter
Equine nutritionists recommend that 50% or more of a horse's diet by weight should be forages, such as hay
Milled encroacher bush that is used as a basis for local fodder production in Namibia
Cattle eating a total mixed ration