stover
IPA: stˈoʊvɝ
noun
- Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
- Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
- A surname from German.
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Examples of "stover" in Sentences
- The crown and its surface roots are not considered part of the stover.
- Corn stover is what remains on the field after corn has been harvested.
- You mention that cellulosic ethanol can be made from corn stalks or stover.
- Cellulose-loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover ....
- Cellulosic ethanol is no different from corn ethanol except that it can be made from non-food material, including wood waste, garbage, wheat straw, prairie grass and the residue from corn called stover.
- The US is uniquely positioned to once again by a world leader in the manufacture of chemicals and plastics, not from oil, but from home grown biomass such as corn stover, switchgrass and other cellulosic material.
- Dennis Buckmaster, in foreground, and research assistant Bart Coffman found that shredding corn plant residue, know as stover, rather than chopping, may provide easier access to the cellulosic matter used to produce ethanol.
- Herrero and Thornton also said that, for a given level of demand, fewer animals would be needed if more farmers supplemented grazing with feed consisting of crop residues (often called "stover"), such as the leaves and stalks of sorghum or maize plants, or with grains.
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