[Sca-cooks] feed, fodder and silage?

[marilyn traber 011221]

> What is the difference between feed, fodder and silage?
> 
> Stefan
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feed and silage are both fodder. Feed (usually) refers to the grains, which 
are often processed (as in rabbit or chicken pellets) but don't have to be 
(equine sweet feed) into a specific combination of ingredients/nutrients. 
Fodder might also include silage, or plain hay. Hay is dried grasses that are 
fully (or should be) as is, as opposed to straw, which is the dried stems of 
grain bearing plants, without the grain- difficult to digest, and used 
primarily as bedding. Silage is assorted greens, possibly including green 
straw, hay, and any other edible plant, which is allowed to ferment in order 
to break it down into more digestible form. Yes, it's mildly alcoholic, but 
so mildly as to not have the alcohol content of fresh home made bread.

That help any Stefan?

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