El pasto es cualquier cosa que sirve para el sustento de los animales, especialmente la hierba que el ganado come en el mismo terreno donde se cría. En general, el pasto es de origen vegetal, aunque el producto que se da al ganado doméstico puede ser un derivado procesado al cual se hayan añadido minerales o restos animales. Para acentuar la calidad nutritiva del pasto (para las vacas, las ovejas o los cerdos, por ejemplo) se busca una naturaleza compensada entre leguminosas y gramíneas, de modo que se produzca una complementación proteínica.

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Fodder, a type of animal feed, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves (called forage). Fodder (/ˈfɒdər/) is also called provender (/ˈprɒvəndər/) and includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes (such as bean sprouts, fresh malt, or spent malt). Most animal feed is from plants, but some manufacturers add ingredients to processed feeds that are of animal origin. The worldwide animal feed industry produced 873 million tons of feed (compound feed equivalent) in 2011, fast approaching 1 billion tonnes according to the International Feed Industry Federation, with an annual growth rate of about 2%. The use of agricultural land to grow feed rather than human food can be controversial; some types of feed, such as corn (maize), can also serve as human food; those that cannot, such as grassland grass, may be grown on land that can be used for crops consumed by humans. Some agricultural byproducts fed to animals may be considered unsavory by human consumers.

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