Forage Production and Feeds
The course encompasses the following main themes:
- relevant feed means in Norwegian livestock production
- soil as a cultivation medium, soil structure, nutrients and erosion
- plant growths
- meadland farming, pasture and other feed plants
- grass conservation
- grain growing
- grains, grain trade and roughage raw materials
- manufacturing and processing of roughage
- alternative feed and forage
The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:
- Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production, Bachelor’s Programme
- Livestock Sciences, Bachelor’s Programme
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- can describe Norwegian feedproduction and the most relevant feed means in Norwegian livestock production including pastures.
- can describe how soil, nutrients, plant growths and growing conditions affects the potential for a good agronomical result for pastures and other Norwegian feed plants, both in conventional and ecological farming.
- can explain how different harvest times affects roughage quality
- can describe the most relevant conservation methods for roughage
- has expund Norwegian cereal production and the framework conditions for grain trading and roughage production
Skills:
- can assess the consequences of different operating and conservation aspects for crops and the quality of homegrown feed and how this affects the need for concentrates.
- can interpret analyses to argue for and suggest improvement of existing plans for growing, harvesting and conservation of roughage
General competence:
- can combine professional knowledge with insight into relevant research and development work, as well as present and recommend alternative farming arrangements
Compound assessment, A-F
- Assessment task - 2 assignments, worth 0/100 of the grade. Pass/Fail.
- Must be completed and passed before proceeding to the written school examination.
- Written school examination, 4 hours, worth 100/100 of the grade, A-F
Pen, ruler, up to 2 bilingual dictionaries and calculator.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HUS230 - Forage Production and Feeds - 7.5 credits
BOT1000 - Feed and toxic plants - 4 credits
