Proso millet

Proso Millet (Panicum milleaceum) is a very water efficient grain crop, but due to shallow roots, it is not tremendously drought tolerant and has a low yield potential compared to grain sorghum. It has prickly hairs on the leaves, which reduce forage palatability. It is often used in food plots due to its short height (grain heads are often within reach of pheasants) and early maturity. The seed is similar in quality and nutritional value as grain sorghumWarm season, drought tolerant annual grass preferring moist to dry conditions in a range of soil types, including poor, thin soils; shallow-rooted. Intolerant of high salinity. One of the lowest water requirements of any grain species. Fast to establish and grow, reaching maturity quickly. Plant for erosion control, in rotations with winter annuals, or into stubble fields in a double crop system. Leafiness, palatability and forage yields are lower than many other annual hays such as Foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Excellent in wildlife food plots for game birds.