Course description for 2023/24
Forage Production and Feeds
HUS1004
Course description for 2023/24
Forage Production and Feeds
HUS1004
The course gives an introduction to forage production of both roughage, feed concentrates and pasture in Norwegian growing conditions.
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 the study programme Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production. Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study program.
Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:
Knowledge:
- has knowledge of conditions characterizing Norwegian feedproduction and knowledge of the most relevant feed means in Norwegian livestock production. The course also provides knowledge of grooming and using pastures
- has knowledge of soil and nutrients and about plant growths and growing plants, with an emphasis on growing pastures and other Norwegian feed plants, both in conventional and ecological farming
- has knowledge of the optimal time to harvest and the most relevant conservation methods for roughage
- has knowledge about 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 roughage
General competence:
- can combine professional knowledge with insight into relevant research and development work, as well as present and recommend alternative farming arrangements
- can interpret analyses to argue for and suggest improvement of existing plans for growing, harvesting and conservation of roughage
Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.
Compulsory
Lectures and excursions.
Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.
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.
No prior knowledge is required beyond the admission requirement.
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