Forage Crops – Agriculture Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
চরাঞ্চলের ফসল – কৃষিবিদ্যা নোট – WBCS পরীক্ষা।
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. 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.The term forage fish refers to small schooling fish that are preyed on by larger aquatic animals.Continue Reading Forage Crops – Agriculture Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
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.
Forage types and definitions. | |
Vegetation Terms | Definitions |
Forage | Edible parts of plants, other than separated grain, that can provide feed for grazing animals, or that can be harvested for feeding. Includes browse, herbage, and mast. |
Browse | Leaf and twig growth of shrubs, woody vines, trees, cacti, and other non-herbaceous vegetation available for animal consumption. |
Herbage | The biomass of herbaceous plants, other than separated grain, generally above ground but including edible roots and tubers. |
Forb | Any herbaceous broadleaf plant that is not a grass and is not grass-like. |
Legume | Members of the plant family Fabaceae. |
Grass | Members of the plant family Poaceae. |
Grass-like | Vegetation that is similar to grass in appearance and is usually a member of the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges) or Juncaceae (rushes). |
Pasturage | Not a recommended term.The recommended definition of pasture refers to a specific kind of grazing management unit, not that which is consumed, which is forage. Thus, pasturage is not a useful term. |
Mast | Fruits and seeds of shrubs, woody vines, trees, cacti, and other non-herbaceous vegetation available for animal consumption. |
Forage crop | A crop of cultivated plants or plant parts, other than separated grain, produced to be grazed or harvested for use as feed for animals. |
Aftermath | Forage grown following a harvest. |
Residue | Forage remaining on the land as a consequence of harvest. |
Silage | Forage preserved in a succulent condition by partial anaerobic, acid fermentation. |
Hay | Grass or other plants, such as clover or alfalfa, cut and dried for fodder. |
Haylage | Product resulting from ensiling forage with around 45% moisture, in the absence of oxygen. |
Fodder | Coarse grasses such as corn and sorghum harvested with the seed and leaves green or alive, then cured and fed in their entirety as forage. |
Green chop | Fresh cut forages. |
Source: | Allen, 1991 |
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