feed grain
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- noun
- Specialized
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grano forrajero
- The availability of quality feed grain is crucial for ensuring the health of farm animals.
- feed grain and corn
- feed grain for cattle
Examples
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But with livestock producers facing steep increases in the cost of feed grains, the rise in meat prices may soon reverse course, according to Michelle Girard, an economist at RBS.
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Center-pivot sprinkler irrigation systems enable local farmers to produce good crops of feed grains, corn, and milo sorghum, which account for about two-thirds of the cost of producing pork.
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We've got the best feed grain group in the country.
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The United States is the leading producer and exporter of corn, the world's feed grain.
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In many other countries, the cattle are kept in feedlots and fed grains, rather than grass.
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Reforestation began in 19th-century New England when farmers started abandoning marginal pastures and buying cheap feed grain from the rich, relatively flat lands on the other end of the newly opened Erie Canal.
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Farmers often choose corn as a feed grain because it provides essential nutrients for livestock.
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In the Midwest, corn and barley are the main types of feed grain grown for animal consumption.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'feed grain' is directly composed from 'feed' (food for farm animals) + 'grain' (cereal seed), so it denotes cereal grown or used as animal feed. This is a regular, compositional noun–noun construction following common English patterns, and a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Feed grain comes from farming: it joins feed, meaning giving food, and grain, meaning small seeds like corn or barley, so the phrase means grain grown 'to feed animals'.