[Sca-cooks] feed, fodder and silage?

[Holly Stockley]

Specifically, feed is a catch-all for any mixture used to "feed" animals.  
Fodder usually refers to hay, straw, or other herbaceous materials that are 
often fed coarsely chopped.  Silage is plant material that has been 
preserved by being allowed to ferment under low oxygen conditions.  Of the 
three, silage can only be effectively used by ruminant animals such as sheep 
and cattle.

Femke


>From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] feed, fodder and silage?
>Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 07:44:47 -0600
>
>If I understand the distinctions correctly, feed is processed fodder, 
>fodder is essentially harvested but unprocessed, and silage is stored and 
>fermented fodder.
>
>Bear
>
>>What is the difference between feed, fodder and silage?
>>
>>Stefan
>
>
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