THE HAY BARN GLOSSARY

Rangeland - Land on which the indigenous vegetaion (climax or natural potential) is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs and is managed as a natural ecosystem. If plants are introduced, they are managed like indigenous species. Includes natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, many deserts, tundras, alpine communities, marshes, and meadows.

Reduced tillage - A tillage system with aggressive prmary tillage; may be performed in conjunction with special planting procedures to reduce or eliminate secondary tillage operations.

Relative Feed Value (RFV) - An index for ranking cool-season grass and legume forages based on combining digestibility and intake potential. Calculated from ADF and NDF. The higher the RFV, the better the quality. It is used to compare varieties, match hay/silage inventories to animals, and to market hay.

Reseller - A person who takes ownership of a commodity and then resells on the open market before physically taking delivery of that commodity.

Residue - Forage remaining on the land as a consequence of harvest.

Rest - To leave an area of grazing land ungrazed or unharvested for a specific time, such as a year, a growing season, or a specified period required within a particular management practice.

Rest period - The length of time that a specific land area is allowed to rest.

Rhizome - A root-like stem lying prostrate on or under the ground and developing adventitious roots and scale-leaves; buds formed in scale-leaf axils may form either rhizome branches or upright shoots. cf. stolon .

Rhizosphere - The part of a soil immediately associated with a root-system.

Roughage - Coarse, bulky feed high in fiber such as grass hay.

Round baler – A large capacity baler that picks up hay and rolls it to a determined size. The hay bales are cylindrically shaped and wrapped in twine or mesh. Round bales typically weigh from 1100 lb (500 kg) to 2200 lb (1000 kg).

Rowen - An old New England term for very grassy, soft, second-cutting hay.

Rumen - The large, first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant from which ingested food is regurgitated for rechewing (rumination) and in which digestion is aided by symbiotic microbial action.

Ruminant - Cud-chewing mammals such as cattle, sheep, goats, and deer that have a stomach divided into four compartments (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum).

Runner - A slender prostrate stem , growing above the ground, and rooting at intervals, usually at the nodes. Also referred to as a stolon.

The Hay Barn Glossary