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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > plants (botany) > crops > field crops > forage crops
Research, Technology, Methods > organisms > plants (botany) > crops > field crops > forage crops
Plant Production, Gardening > plants (botany) > crops > field crops > forage crops
Preferred Term:

forage crops

Definition:
Annual or perennial crops grown primarily to provide feed for livestock. During harvesting operations, most of the aboveground portion of the plant is removed from the field and processed for later feeding.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
field crops
Narrower Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • herbage crops
  • fodder crops
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/40102
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2019-09-06
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