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Fodder or animal feed is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves (see forage). It includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes. Most animal feed is from plants, but some manufacturers add ingredients to processed feeds that are of animal origin. The worldwide animal feed industry produced tons of feed (compound feed equivalent) in 2011, fast approaching 1 billion tonnes according to the International Feed Industry Federation, with an annual growth rate of about 2%. The use of agricultural land to grow feed rather than human food can be controversial; some types of feed, such as corn (maize), can also serve as human food; those that cannot, such as grassland grass, may be grown on land that can be used for crops consumed by humans. Some agricultural byproducts fed to animals may be considered unsavory by human consumers. ==Common plants specifically grown for fodder== * Alfalfa (lucerne) * Barley * Birdsfoot trefoil * ''Brassica'' spp. * * Kale * * Rapeseed (canola) * * Rutabaga (swede) * * Turnip * Clover * * Alsike clover * * Red clover * * Subterranean clover * * White clover * Grass * * Bermuda grass * * Brome * * False oat grass * * Fescue * * Heath grass * * Meadow grasses (from naturally mixed grassland swards) * * Orchard grass * * Ryegrass * * Timothy-grass * Corn (maize) * Millet * Oats * Sorghum * Soybeans * Trees (pollard tree shoots for "tree-hay") * Wheat 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fodder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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