feedstuff

Livestock dietary material

Feedstuff is material used as food for livestock or other animals—grain, hay, silage, or processed feed.

The term appears mainly in agricultural and commercial contexts: The drought drove up feedstuff prices.

Feedstuffs (plural) often refers collectively to the various ingredients in animal nutrition.

types

hay

Dried feed crop

forage · pellets · meal · cubes · mash · roughage · concentrate · molasses · bone meal · blood meal

nutrition

protein

Folded amino chain

vitamins · energy · calories · fat · digestibility · amino acids · lysine · methionine · calcium · phosphorus

grains

corn

Cereal grown on cobs

  • barleyGrain for malt
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge
  • wheatCereal crop for flour

rye · sorghum · millet · spelt · buckwheat · rice · maize · cracked corn · rolled oats · whole grains

livestock

supplement

Something added to complete

processing

grinding

Molar action sometimes

extruding · crimping · chopping · drying · fermenting · fortifying · blending · bagging · storage

Categories
Opposites
intended consumer

feedstuffcuisine

Characteristic cooking style

gourmet food · fine dining · provisions · groceries · victuals

nutritional value

feedstuffpoison

Harmful ingested substance

toxin · waste · refuse · non-food · contaminant

Family

feed, stuff, fed, feeding, feeder, feeds, underfed, feeders, overfeed

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