Forage

Plant material eaten by grazing livestock

Forage is a 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 biennial, which are grown to be utilized by grazing or harvesting as a whole crop.[3]

Common forages

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Bull feeding on grass

Grasses

Grass forages include:[4][5]

Herbaceous legumes

Herbaceous legume forages include:[6]

Tree legumes

Tree legume forages include:

Silage

Silage may be composed by the following:[7]

Aquatic feeds

Crop residue

Crop residues used as forage include:

  • Sorghum
  • Sweet potato vines
  • Corn or soybean
  • Fruit tree by-products stover

Less common

  • Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatusDaikon radish/"forage radish"[8]

See also

References

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