飼料(しりょう)

しりょう
noun
animal feed; fodder
1. animal feed; fodder; livestock feed
Food given to farm animals and livestock, including both natural and processed feed.
家畜(かちく)に飼料(しりょう)を与(あた)える。
Give feed to the livestock.
飼料(しりょう)の価格(かかく)が上(あ)がっている。
Feed prices are rising.
輸入(ゆにゅう)飼料(しりょう)への依存(いぞん)を減(へ)らすため、国産(こくさん)飼料(しりょう)の生産(せいさん)を増(ふ)やす取(と)り組(く)みが進(すす)んでいる。
Efforts are underway to increase domestic feed production in order to reduce dependence on imported feed.

A compound of 飼(し) (to raise animals, to feed) and 料(りょう) (material, ingredient). The standard formal term for animal feed used in agriculture, news, and economics.

USAGE:
A homophone of 資料(しりょう) (materials, documents) — context usually makes the meaning clear. 飼料(しりょう) appears frequently in news about agriculture, food prices, and trade, since Japan imports much of its livestock feed.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 配合(はいごう)飼料(しりょう) — compound/mixed feed
  • 飼料(しりょう)米(まい) — feed rice (rice grown for animal feed)
  • 飼料(しりょう)用(よう) — for feed use
  • 飼料(しりょう)価格(かかく) — feed prices

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 餌(えさ) — food for animals; general term, also used for pets and bait
  • 肥料(ひりょう) — fertilizer; for plants, not animals
  • 資料(しりょう) — materials, documents; homophone with different meaning
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