飼 料(しりょう)

しりょう

noun

animal feed; fodder

food

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

Related Words

Compare: 餌(えさ) (food for animals)

Compare: 肥料(ひりょう) (fertilizer)

Homophone: 資料(しりょう) (materials, documents)

Compare: 牧草(ぼくそう) (pasture grass)

Related: 干(ほ)し草(くさ) (hay)

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