Fodder and Important Fodder Crops: Any agricultural product used expressly to feed domesticated livestock, such as Cattle (Cow and Buffalo), Rabbits, Sheep, Horses, Chickens, and Pigs, is known as fodder (पशुभोजन). Example – Berseem, Oats, Chinese Cabbage, Maize, Pearlmillet, Sorghum, Hybrid napier, Guinea grass, Para grass etc.
Fodder Meaning
Fodder Meaning in Hindi: चारा, पशुओं का चारा , भूसा, घास, पशुभोजन
Fodder Meaning in English:
- food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock.
- coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Food given to animals (including plants chopped and delivered to them) is referred to as “fodder,” as opposed to food foraged by the animals (called forage).
Hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes are all ex. (such as bean sprouts, fresh malt, or spent malt).
The majority of animal feed is made from plants, however some producers add animal-derived components to processed feeds.
Green Fodder
What is Green Fodder?
Green fodder is any feed made from a green crop such as legumes, grasses, cereal grains, or tree-based crops. Green fodders are divided into three categories. Legume crops, cereal crops, and trees are all founded on leguminous crops.
Types of Green Fodder
Green Fodder comes in a variety of green plant forms. These are various sorts used to attain a shared goal using various plants.
- Legume Fodder: Cowpea, Stylo, Desmanthus, Lucerne.
- Cereal Fodder: Maize (Corn), Sorghum Fodder – Jowar.
- Grass Fodder: Hybrid Napier, Guinea Grass, Para Grass, Blue-Buffel Grass.
- Tree Fodder: Subabul, Sesbania Fodder – Agathi, Gliricidia.
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Important Fodder Trees
| Sr No | Common / English Name | Scientific Name | Commonly Grown Area’s |
| 1 | BABUL | Acacia Nilotica | Dry and moist tropics |
| 2 | LALLEI | Albizia amara | Dry tropics |
| 3 | SIRIS | Albizia lebbeck | Moist and dry tropics |
| 4 | SAFED SIRIS | Albizia procera | Wet tropical and subtropical |
| 5 | ARDU | Alianthus excelsa | Arid and semiarid regions |
| 6 | NEEM | Azadirachta indica | Dry and moist tropics |
| 7 | MAHUA | Bassia latifolia – Flower | Semi arid |
| 8 | KACHNAR | Bauhinia variegata | Sub tropics, moist and dry tropics |
| 9 | SHISHAM | Dalbergia sissoo | Moist tropics |
| 10 | GLIRICIDIA | Gliricidia sepium | Humid, sub humid |
| 11 | SUBABOOL | Leucaena leucocephala | Sub humid, Semiarid |
| 12 | DRUM STICK | Moringa oleifera | Moist tropics, sub humid Humid |
| 13 | MULBERY | Morus alba | Moist tropics |
| 14 | BOLA | Morus laevigata | Subtropics |
| 15 | KIKKAR | Prosopis chilensis | Dry tropics |
| 16 | KHEJRI | Prosopis cinereria | Arid and semiarid regions |
| 17 | AGASTHI | Sesbania grandiflora | Arid and semiarid regions |
| 18 | SHEVRI | Sesbania sesban | Arid and semiarid regions |
| 19 | BER | Ziziphus mauritiana | Dry and moist tropics |
Important Fodder Crops
| S. L. No. | State | Fodder Crops |
| 1 | ANDHRA PRADESH | Sorghum, Cowpea, Hybrid napier |
| 2 | BIHAR | Oats, Berseem, Maize, Sorghum |
| 3 | GUJARAT | Sorghum, Pearlmillet, Hybrid napier, Guinea grass, Lucerne, Oats, Sorghum, Peral millet |
| 4 | HARYANA | Pearlmillet, Teosinte, Sorghum, Berseem, Oats, Maize |
| 5 | KARNATAKA | Maize, Sorghum, Cowpea, Guinea Grass, Rhodes Grass, Hybrid napier, Velvetbean |
| 6 | MADHYA PRADESH | Oats, Maize, Berseem |
| 7 | MAHARASHTRA | Maize, Sorghum, Lucerne, Hybrid Napier, Oats |
| 8 | ORISSA | Berseem, Sorghum |
| 9 | PUNJAB | Maize, Berseem, Teosinte, Rye grass, Pearl millet |
| 10 | RAJASTHAN | Lucerne, Oats, Berseem , Sorghum, Pearl millet, Chinese Cabbage, Clusterbean |
| 11 | TAMIL NADU | Sorghum, Hybrid Napier, Cowpea, Guinea grass, Stylosanthes, Maize |
| 12 | TELENGANA | Maize, Sorghum, Oats, Pearlmillet, Cowpea, Lucerne, Stylosanthes, Cenchrus Ciliaris, Rhodes Grass, Guinea Grass, Hybrid Napier |
| 13 | UTTAR PRADESH | Berseem, Oats, Chinese Cabbage, Maize, Pearlmillet, Sorghum, ,Hybrid napier, Guinea grass, Para grass |
| 14 | UTTARAKHAND | Berseem, Oats, Cowpea, Sorghum |
| 15 | WEST BENGAL | Maize, Teosinte, Coix, Cowpea, Oats, Rice bean, Hybrid napier |
Source: Farmer’s Corner
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is Green Fodder?
Green fodder is any feed made from a green crop such as legumes, grasses, cereal grains, or tree-based crops. Green fodders are divided into three categories. Legume crops, cereal crops, and trees are all founded on leguminous crops.
What is Fodder?
Any agricultural product used expressly to feed domesticated livestock, such as Cattle (Cow and Buffalo), Rabbits, Sheep, Horses, Chickens, and Pigs, is known as fodder (पशुभोजन).