We are aware that a vast area of the world’s habitable land is used for farming and agricultural purposes. Most of the crops produced for human consumption are used as animal feed. Apart from those crops, certain other harvests called feed crops are produced for feeding the livestock.
Feed crops or fodder crops are the crops produced primarily for animal consumption. Major categories of these crops are the grasses, legumes, harvested green crops and root crops. They are fed to the livestock either as green feed, harvested dry feed, or silage feed.
All of these crops meant for livestock consumption are great sources of nutrition and nourishment for the animals. Footage crops having the grass root system are rich in proteins and vitamins that improve the metabolic activity of the animals. Grasses used as feed contain crude protein and various minerals. Legumes are a great source of protein and minerals. Crops with low fibre content, such as the root crops, are easily digestible crops with high starch content.
