Japanese millet
Echinochloa frumentacea
Japanese Millet is an introduced, warm season annual that can be grown as a forage crop and for wildlife habitat. This high yielding specie is fast establishing cover crop.
Adapts better than other summer annuals to colder climates and wetter soils
Very good specie for attracting waterfowl in wet soils
Higher yielding that German Millet and Proso Millet
Forage quality similar to Foxtail and Pearl Millet
Early maturing variety
Mature height of 3-4 feet
Abundant regrowth after haying or grazing
Very good weed suppression qualities
Growing Region
- Midwest, Intermountain West, Southeast, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, North America
