noun
- dried stalks and leaves of corn or other grain crops used as animal feed or bedding
Usage: agricultural
Examples
- The farmer stored the corn stovers in the barn for winter cattle feed.
- After harvest, the stovers were chopped and mixed with other feed.
- Stovers provide essential fiber in livestock diets.
- The field was cleared of stovers before the next planting season.
- Dairy cows were fed a mixture of hay and corn stovers.
- The stovers helped reduce feed costs during the dry season.