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Beef

Carne

Cattle

Ganado

Feeds

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By-Products

Subproductos 

Cotton

Algodón

Livestock Feed, Forage, and Nutrition

Swine

Cerdos

Livestock Pest Management

Poultry

Storage

Cría de aves de corral

Fishes

Peces

Fish Health Management and Welfare

Gestión y bienestar de la salud de los peces

Forage

Horses

Caballos

Dairy Farming

Lácteos

Milk Production

Almacenamiento

Agricultural Trade

Mercadeo Agrícola y Comercio

Farm Inputs

Insumos agrícolas

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Grassy or tree legume that provides leaves and stems for grazing or use in silage.

Legumbre herb&aacute;cea o arb&oacute;rea que proporciona hojas y tallos para pastoreo o uso en ensilaje.

Feed Legumes

Legumbres para alimentar

Forage is defined as the edible part of a plant, other than the separated grain, that is generally above ground and that can provide feed for grazing animals or can be harvested for feeding.&nbsp;&nbsp;[NALT]

Forraje

Grasses, clover, alfalfa and other legumes, or any other leafy plant material that is cut and dried to be used for animal feeding. [NALT]
A term applied mainly to grasses (but may include legumes and herbs) that have been cut and dried, usually in the field, to preserve as fodder. [AGROVOC]

Heno 

Any crop that is harvested green and preserved in a succulent condition by partial fermentation in a more-or-less airtight container such as a silo.
Silage refers to feed preserved by an anaerobic fermentation process in which lactic acid and volatile fatty acids (produced by fermentation) lower the pH of the silage.

Silage

Ensilaje

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The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products. [NALT]
Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. [AGROVOC]

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