Fodder plants are plants which are grown in order to provide the nutritional needs of animals. They are given to animals in the form of wet, dry, grain or tuber, or silaged. These plants can be grown in agricultural fields as well as they can grow themselves in natural meadows and pastures.
The easiest and cheapest way to meet the nutritional requirements of animals is to feed them with roughage, i.e. weeds obtained from fodder plants. Weeds obtained from fodder plants contain nutrients, mineral and vitamins an animal needs for its gastrointestinal microphlora. Most expenses are related to animal feeds. Therefore, in order for animal husbandry enterprises to make profit, they should themselves produce the feeds to be given to their animals. Today, even the most modern animal husbandry enterprises try to produce their own feeds. [click to continue…]
