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Growing Forage Crops

Growing Forage Crops. Crops that are efficiently used by ruminant animals are called what?. Forages. Improved or unimproved plant material on lands where animals graze. Pasture. Temporary pastures are usually planted with what type of plants?. Annual grasses and legumes.

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Growing Forage Crops

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  1. Growing Forage Crops

  2. Crops that are efficiently used by ruminant animals are called what? • Forages.

  3. Improved or unimproved plant material on lands where animals graze. • Pasture.

  4. Temporary pastures are usually planted with what type of plants? • Annual grasses and legumes.

  5. List 2 common annual pasture plants. • Millet, sorghum, or ryegrass.

  6. What is the difference between haylage and silage? • Haylage contains less than 50% moisture. • Silage contains 60-70% moisture.

  7. Draw and label a grass structure with the following parts: Culm, Flower Cluster, and Blade.

  8. T/F: Jointing is the growth phase in which seed heads form on the plant. • False – Heading

  9. Legumes can fix which element from the air into the soil? • Nitrogen

  10. Define forb. • Forb: Flowering Broadleaf plant that has a soft stem.

  11. Drying hay to a moisture level that makes it safe for storage is called what? • Curing.

  12. The growth phase in grass plants following jointing at the end of stem elongation is called what? • Boot stage.

  13. List three examples of forage legumes. • Soybean, alfalfa, clover.

  14. Forage grasses are a member of which plant family? • Graminae.

  15. The cutting, curing, and storing of high-quality nutritious feed is called what? • Hay making.

  16. What is the difference between a rhizome and a stolon? • Rhizome – underground structure that sends up shoots. • Stolon – aboveground creeping stem.

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