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Most animal feed is usually from plants but some fodder is of animal origin. Although most animal foodstuffs are considered safe, mad cow disease spread due to prion contamination of meat and bone meal, a common feed ingredient.

1 Common plants specifically grown for fodder

• rapeseed
• wheat
• millet
• soybean
• oats
• alfalfaMedicago arabica Medicago heldreichii Medicago hybrida Medicago laciniata Medicago littoralis Medicago lupulina Medicago minima Medicago monantha Medicago monspeliaca Medicago orbicularis Medicago polymorpha Medicago praecox Medicago rigidula Medicago rug
• sorghumSorghum Sorghum plant Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus Sorghum Species Sorghum × almum ''Sorghum almum ''Sorghum bicolor ''Sorghum caudatum ''Sorghum × drummondii ''So
• cloverFor the town Clover South Carolina, USA see Clover, South Carolina. In botany, clover is a plant of the genus Trifolium from the Latin. tres three, and folium a leaf, so called from the characteristic form of the leaf, which has three leaflets (trifoliate
• cornMaize Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus Zea Species Zea diploperennis ''Zea luxurians ''Zea mays ssp. huehuetenangensis ''Zea mays ssp. mays ''Zea mays ssp. mexicana '' (maize)
• bermuda grass
• timothy grass
• birdsfoot trefoil

2 Types of fodder

• hayAlternate meanings: Hay, New South Wales, Hay-on-Wye Hay is dried grass (and pasture flowers) used to feed domestic animals at places or times where there is not enough (fresh) grass. It is normally produced by cutting the pasture and let the mowing dry i
• silageSilage is fermented, high-moisture forage to be fed to ruminants, cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep. It is fermented and stored in a structure called a silo. Silage is most often made from grass crops, including corn (maize) or sorghum. Silage is

3 See also

• forageForage is the herbaceous plant material (mainly grasses and legumes) eaten by grazing animals. The major forage types: # Pasture # Range # Hay # Silage Forage can also be the nectar producing plants that are available for nectar gatherers, such as honeybe