SO just cleaning, I wonder how it is threshed or separated from the panicle? 
I have never worked with pearl millet other than buying a bag of it at an import market, so really interested to learn more. It is delicious. 
I have a number of farmers in my network who grow it, but none of them harvest the seed other than for replanting. They sell the biomass into livestock feed channels. We have had conversations about developing a market path for the seed as all of the domestic pearl millet for human consumption, at least that I have found, is imported. 
From my understanding, pearl millet has nice yields too although I have not had the time to really explore it. We (colleagues and I) are setting up a processing facility to handle gluten-free, alternative crops like millet, hull-less high-protein oats, and perhaps some other reawakened crops. I would like to start exploring other millets that could be processed in that facility. 

On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 10:26 AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Hi Joni,

Pearl millet, like sorghum, doesn't have a hull like the small millets do.

Lost Crops of Africa (Vol. 1)* has this: "Some thresh free from glumes, while others require husking." Various kinds of threshing / husking devices have been developed.

A quick search online came up with lots of webpages on various related topics/

For foxtail, no info, but can machines that dehull proso be used for its smaller grains?

HTH, Don



On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 1:12 PM Joni Kindwall-Moore <joni@snacktivistfoods.com> wrote:
Hello everyone, thanks for your continued support and great answers to my questions. 
Does anyone have experience in dehulling pearl or foxtail millet at scale?
thanks

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