Is millet the the next quinoa? - ColoradoBiz Magazine
ColoradoBiz Magazine Colorado farmers see vast potential in nutritious dryland crop December 29, 2020 But one superlative flies under the radar in the Centennial State: growing proso millet. Proso millet is a drought-resistant grass that produces a small cereal grain after a 60-day growing season. That makes Colorado perfect for it. Millet thrives on the Eastern Plains. Farmers grew it on 320,000 acres in Colorado – or about 1% of the state’s farmland – in 2019, with a harvest of more tha...
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