0 food that is given to cows, horses, and other farm animals --
1 people or things that are useful for the stated purpose: --
2 food given to cows, horses, and other farm animals: --
fig. The charges of corruption in the State House are fodder for (= have encouraged) late-evening jokes on television.
Very few commentators discuss the use of leaves for fodder.
Although these narrative descriptions are rich in detail and provide ample fodder for generating hypotheses, they are intentionally not quantified.
Nevertheless, the results of this study do provide a useful comparison of the perfor mance of fodder trees under stress conditions.
As the rains approach rising humidity stimulates fresh growth and the quality of fodder, and hence the nutrient quality of manure, improves.
Herders are supplied with fodder for their livestock, and far mers are provided with manure to maintain soil fertility in their ®elds.
Cattle are better able to trample refused fodder and other vegetation than are small ruminants.
Further more, the number of livestock far mers may own is limited by fodder availability, thus limiting the ability to increase manure production.
The local variety is grown for its grain and for its residues that are used in construction and for fuel and fodder.
