Millets
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Browntop Millet
Browntop millet is an annual, warm season small grain or cover plant that grows to a height of 2-3’. It is adapted to most upland soil types and can be grown in all regions of Texas. Browntop millet is an excellent cover crop for use with native seed mixes on highly erodible soils, or for areas that must be planted in summer, outside of typical spring or autumn planting windows for most native seeds. Doves, quail, waterfowl, and turkeys relish the seed of browntop millet, making it an excellent choice for game bird foot plots and hunting areas.
Browntop millet makes grain in as little as 55 to 60 days depending on the weather conditions. Best time to plant is March through August. It is low-yielding forage, but has value in forage systems as a nurse crop or to quickly revegetate denuded areas. For dove food plots, browntop millet should be planted in mid-summer.
Planting Rate/acre: 15-20 lbs
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Japanese Millet
Japanese Millet is a warm season, tufted annual grass growing 2 to 4’ tall. It can be grown throughout Texas in wetlands and other moist soils along rivers, ponds, and drainages. It does not grow well on sandy soils. Japanese millet can survive being submersed in water for several weeks at a time. It is used primarily as a forage and wildlife food plot species.
Japanese Millet is commonly planted in the U.S. as feed for waterfowl. It is also a preferred food for pheasants, doves, and turkeys. A number of songbirds also eat the seed.
Planting Rate/acre: 15-20 lbs
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German Millet
German Millet a warm season, tufted annual small grain that can grow to a height of 2 feet. It is broadly adapted throughout the U.S. It can be used for forage, hay crops, cover crops, erosion control, and wildlife plantings. It is a fair forage and the seeds are relished by doves, turkey, and quail.
It has compact cylindrical heads of golden yellow seed at maturity and can make grain in as little as 50 to 60 days depending on the conditions. Best time to plant is March through August.
Planting Rate/acre: 15-20 lbs
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White Proso Millet
White Proso Millet is a forage crop that's popular not only around the United States, but around the entire world. This can be used as feed for cattle, or forage for deer, rabbit, quail, turkey and dove.
Planting Rate/acre: 10-15 ins
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