animal feed
Hay and grain
Animal feed is food given to livestock and other domesticated animals—grain, hay, silage, or manufactured pellets formulated for nutritional needs.
The term distinguishes food intended for animals from that meant for humans: The corn crop goes mainly to animal feed.
Also called simply feed.
Small compressed spheres
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- crumbleFragment gradually
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- concentrateReduced, potent form
flakes · bran · molasses · byproducts · fishmeal · bone meal · blood meal · swill
Open container for animal feed
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- grazingFeeding on pasture
rationing · livestock · poultry · dairy · cattle · swine · stockman · herdsman
Cereal grown on cobs
- barleyGrain for malt
- oatsCereal grain for porridge
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- sorghumWarm-climate cereal grass
millet · rye · buckwheat · teff · cracked corn · whole grain · rolled oats · maize
Folded amino chain
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- amino acidsOrganic compounds forming proteins
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
fats · fiber · nutrients · supplements · energy · calories · digestibility · ration
hay
Dried feed crop
straw · clover · pasture · roughage · chaff · cornstalks · legumes · grass · timothy · lucerne
pellets
Small compressed spheres
concentrate · flakes · bran · molasses · byproducts · fishmeal · bone meal · blood meal · swill · premix
trough
Open container for animal feed
grazing · rationing · livestock · poultry · dairy · cattle · swine · stockman · herdsman · veterinarian
corn
Cereal grown on cobs
sorghum · millet · rye · buckwheat · teff · cracked corn · whole grain · rolled oats · maize · rice bran
protein
Folded amino chain
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- amino acidsOrganic compounds forming proteins
carbohydrates · fats · fiber · nutrients · supplements · energy · calories · digestibility · ration · formulation
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- farm suppliesfertilizer, seeds, insecticides, farm tools, manure
- farm expensesfuel, seed, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides
- Farm Inputsmanure, compost, fertilizer, NPK, nitrogen
- feed millspellet mill, pelleting, pellets, mixers, grinders
- pelletizingpellet mill, pelleting, wood pellets, plastic pellets, rabbit pellets
animal feedgroceries
Food bought at stores
provisions · victuals · comestibles · edibles · meals
animal feedanimal products
Goods from fauna
meat · livestock products · dairy · eggs · milk
animal feedstarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
fasting · poison · deprivation · malnourishment · hunger
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