Straw

Description

Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making.

Straw is used as animal feed since long back in India, it may be fed as part of the roughage component of the diet to cattle or horses that are on a near maintenance level of energy requirement.