sto·ver 
(stōvər)
(stōvər)n.
The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested.
[Middle English, provisions, from Norman French estovers, from Old French estovier, to be necessary, from Latin est opus, it is necessary : est, third person sing. present tense of esse, to be; see ESSENCE + opus, need, work; see OPUS.]