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[[File:StoverDecember2007.jpg|thumb|right|Stover with some snow cover]]
[[File:StoverNovember2008.jpg|thumb|right|Stover (foreground), unharvested corn (background)]]
'''Stover''' are the leaves and stalks of [[field crop]]s, such as corn ([[maize]]), [[sorghum]] or [[soybean]] that are commonly left in a field after harvesting the [[grain]]. It is similar to [[straw]], the residue left after any cereal grain or grass has been harvested at maturity for its seed. It can be directly grazed by cattle or dried for use as [[fodder]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lardy|first1=Greg|last2=Anderson|first2=Vern |last3=Dahlen |first3=Carl |title=Alternative Feeds for Ruminants|url=https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/livestock/alternative-feeds-for-ruminants|at=Section 2: Harvesting and Use of Residues; Section 5.11: Corn Stover, Harvested  |date=October 2015 |publisher=North Dakota State University|access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref> Stover has attracted some attention as a potential [[Alternative fuel|fuel]] source, and as [[biomass]] for fermentation or as a feedstock for [[cellulosic ethanol]] production.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Backs Project to Produce Fuel From Corn Waste|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/business/energy-environment/us-backs-plant-to-make-fuel-from-corn-waste.html|access-date=7 July 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 6, 2011|author=Matthew L. Wald|quote=waste parts of corn plants, called stover}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=English|first1=Burton|last2=Menard|first2=Jamey|last3=Ugarte|first3=Daniel De La Torre|title=Using Corn Stover for Ethanol Production: A Look at the Regional Economic Impacts for Selected Midwestern States|publisher=Agri-Industry Modeling Analysis Group|location=Knoxville, TN|url=http://web.utk.edu/~aimag/pubs/cornstover.pdf|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref>  Stover from various crops can also be used in mushroom [[compost]] preparation.<ref name="Stamets2011">{{cite book|author=Paul Stamets|title=Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9Mz99pAdXMC|date=13 July 2011|publisher=Ten Speed Press|isbn=978-1-60774-138-1}}</ref><ref name="Cheung2008">{{cite book|author=Peter C. Cheung|title=Mushrooms as Functional Foods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLGggBcq1OYC|date=29 December 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-36819-0}}</ref>

The word ''stover'' derives from the English legal term ''[[estovers]]'', referring to the right of tenants to cut timber.<ref>''Collins English Dictionary'', Ninth Edition (2007)</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Corn stover]]
* [[Crop residue]]

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