We normally plant jap millet with a drill (15 lbs. per acre) about the middle of August but no earlier. The problem with planting it earlier in July or August is if it gets a rain and comes up and no more rains come, it normally will burn up because of lack of moisture. If you plant near the middle ...

There appears to be two or more types of Pearl Millet. There is a forage hybrid which grows to about 7 ft tall and produces very little seed. There is also a seed version which grows to about 4 ft with irrigation and it is suppose to produce a large head of seed. We are going to try, since if it ...

Our two best planted crops last year were Japanese Millet and Rice. We planted rice for the first time and it held ducks throughout the entire season. We wanted to try Chiwapa last year but it was unavailable and have just learned it is again unavailable, so we decided to scratch it off the list. We ...

Time in the field with an implement is dependent on implement width and speed. Six miles per hour with a 6 ft implement will get you 3.49 acres per hour. Our best results have been mowing, plowing twice, harrow or cultipack, flood, drain and then broadcast millet on mudflats. You can see you will ...