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What is fodder and forage?

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They are herbaceous plants that are grown for the purpose of feeding livestock. Such plants include grass, alfalfa, clover, and even cereal grains.

In common usage, fodder is harvested by the farmer and fed to the livestock, while forage is food that the livestock goes out into the field or pasture and gets for themselves.

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Difference between fodder and forage crops?
fodder is the food for cattle and forage crop is food for animals & horses.
What is forage?
Forage is herbaceous plant material that is fed to livestock in the form of hay, silage or pasture. Forage also means to search for food or provision of any kind.
What is a fodder holder?
Silo
What are the synonyms of forage?
explore, comb, hunt, ravage
What is antonym for forage?
the antoynm of forage is "distribute"