Fodder Crops

Fodder Crops
Agricultural Term

Last updated: 5/23/2025

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Definition

Those crops that are cultivated especially as the feed to the animals are known as fodder crops. Fodder crops are harvested and used as eating material while forage crops are the crops on the field where animals graze directly. For Example: kale, fodder beet, turnip, corn, wheat, etc.

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