Re: [Collab] Collab Digest, Vol 30, Issue 11
Japanese millet seed is available for many uses (forage, grazing, cover crops, etc.)and is distributed across the U.S. A few suppliers are Deer Creek Seed Co., Windsor, WI; Albert Lea Seed Farm, Albert Lea, MN; Johnston Seed Co. Enid, OK; Renovo Seed, Brookings, SD who also distribute Teff. Fifty pound bags of Japanese millet can be ordered through Amazon and even Walmart on-line. I see no reason why a U.S. food processor that wants to try Japanese millet could not purchase significant quantities of untreated seed to perform hulling and lab tests. Secondly, in my book, How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide, I mentioned on page 197, "Although grown primarily in the southeastern U.S., Japanese millet has been seeded in 1989 along the banks of Oahe Reservoir on the Missouri River of South Dakota. The purpose of the seeding was for bank forage for fish and wildlife." See (2) (PDF) How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide (researchgate.net) <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284179184_How_to_Produce_Proso_Millet_A_Farmer's_Guide> Also, I think it was 1990 that a seed company (now out of operation after the owner died) had me check a field of their Japanese millet near Miller, SD. It was about an 80 acre field intended for seed production. Considering central South Dakota's semi-arid climate, I observed Japanese millet seed production would produce more yield in areas receiving more rainfall--even eastern SD.....Gary Wietgrefe On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 11:05 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:47:20 -0400 From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> To: "collab@lists.millets2023.space" <collab@lists.millets2023.space> Subject: Re: [Collab] National Public Radio on millets, June 8, 2023 Message-ID: <CA+RHibU=rHUQkdB26_LUMGELkVrA= moJ6XtTa-8F+ejN68zbpA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Eva Tesfaye's very nice June 2023 Harvest Public Media / NPR piece on millets has just been resurfaced on AgUpdate.com's "Agri-View,"/1 so I'd like to revisit a question posed at that time regarding Japanese (barnyard) millet./2
The article mentioned Missouri farmer Linus Rothermich's growing of Japanese millet (presumably Echinochloa esculenta) for grain. I had wondered what end use(s) the grain had.
Without attempting to contact Mr. Rothermich directly, I did a little more digging, and it seems that he is growing seed for planting this millet as a cover crop./3 In other words, as I understand it, he sells the Japanese millet seed he produces to seed suppliers, which in turn sell to other farmers to plant as cover crops.
In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it.
Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
Notes: 1. "Millets could aid in surviving climate change" by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media,
https://agupdate.com/agriview/news/crop/millets-could-aid-in-surviving-clima... 2. You can see the old thread with the same title as this posting in Collab's June 2023 archive: https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2023-June/thread.html 3. "Linus Rothermich, Auxvasse, MO," National Association of Conservation Districts, (no date) https://www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/north-central/linus-rothermich/
bcc: Rob Myers
On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:47?AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Thank you, David, I appreciate your sharing this. It's of course another version of the radio segment that aired last month on a more local scale (Kansas CIty, apparently): https://www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations . Altho shorter, the NPR Morning Edition version captures all the main points. And of course it went out nationally in the US, which is great.
Regarding the content of the segment, I'm particularly curious to know more about the Japanese millet (Echinochloa esculenta) that Linus Rothermich is growing - what are the markets for this grain in North America? I am aware of the plant's use as forage and for wildlife in the US.
TIA for any more info,
Don
DO, EL, MI, US NAMA
bcc: Rob Myers
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Don: "In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it." I think David answered your above question. I do not know if barnyard is grown for grain in the USA. In India, Baryard millet (E. esculenta) is commercially grown for "GRAIN" only. Excellent barnyard millet also grown in and around paddy field in eastern India. Poor people harvest those wildly grown barnyard millet for thein domestic consumption. I clearly remembered doing the same in my childhood in village. The rice and especially the pudding made with barnyard millet is very delicious. Dipak [cid:image001.png@01DAD9D7.43C5BF40] Dipak Santra, Ph.D. Professor (Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist) President, International Broomcorn Millet Association Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska–Lincoln Panhandle Research & Extension Center 4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 (308) 632-124<tel:3086321372>4 (work) / (308) 765-2324 (cell) From: Collab <collab-bounces@lists.millets2023.space> On Behalf Of Gary Wietgrefe via Collab Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2024 1:16 PM To: collab@lists.millets2023.space Subject: Re: [Collab] Collab Digest, Vol 30, Issue 11 Caution: Non-NU Email Japanese millet seed is available for many uses (forage, grazing, cover crops, etc.)and is distributed across the U.S. A few suppliers are Deer Creek Seed Co., Windsor, WI; Albert Lea Seed Farm, Albert Lea, MN; Johnston Seed Co. Enid, OK; Renovo Seed, Brookings, SD who also distribute Teff. Fifty pound bags of Japanese millet can be ordered through Amazon and even Walmart on-line. I see no reason why a U.S. food processor that wants to try Japanese millet could not purchase significant quantities of untreated seed to perform hulling and lab tests. Secondly, in my book, How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide, I mentioned on page 197, "Although grown primarily in the southeastern U.S., Japanese millet has been seeded in 1989 along the banks of Oahe Reservoir on the Missouri River of South Dakota. The purpose of the seeding was for bank forage for fish and wildlife." See (2) (PDF) How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide (researchgate.net)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.researchgate.net/publication/284179184_How_to_Produce_Proso_Millet_A_Farmer's_Guide__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IutTOlX85w$> Also, I think it was 1990 that a seed company (now out of operation after the owner died) had me check a field of their Japanese millet near Miller, SD. It was about an 80 acre field intended for seed production. Considering central South Dakota's semi-arid climate, I observed Japanese millet seed production would produce more yield in areas receiving more rainfall--even eastern SD.....Gary Wietgrefe On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 11:05 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab-request@lists.millets2023.space>> wrote: Send Collab mailing list submissions to collab@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab@lists.millets2023.space> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IuvKVvVz-g$> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to collab-request@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> You can reach the person managing the list at collab-owner@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab-owner@lists.millets2023.space> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Collab digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: National Public Radio on millets, June 8, 2023 (Don Osborn) 2. Re: National Public Radio on millets, June 8, 2023 (Myers, Robert L.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:47:20 -0400 From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org<mailto:don@milletsalliance.org>> To: "collab@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab@lists.millets2023.space>" <collab@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab@lists.millets2023.space>> Subject: Re: [Collab] National Public Radio on millets, June 8, 2023 Message-ID: <CA+RHibU=rHUQkdB26_LUMGELkVrA=moJ6XtTa-8F+ejN68zbpA@mail.gmail.com<mailto:moJ6XtTa-8F%2BejN68zbpA@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Eva Tesfaye's very nice June 2023 Harvest Public Media / NPR piece on millets has just been resurfaced on AgUpdate.com's "Agri-View,"/1 so I'd like to revisit a question posed at that time regarding Japanese (barnyard) millet./2 The article mentioned Missouri farmer Linus Rothermich's growing of Japanese millet (presumably Echinochloa esculenta) for grain. I had wondered what end use(s) the grain had. Without attempting to contact Mr. Rothermich directly, I did a little more digging, and it seems that he is growing seed for planting this millet as a cover crop./3 In other words, as I understand it, he sells the Japanese millet seed he produces to seed suppliers, which in turn sell to other farmers to plant as cover crops. In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it. Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance Notes: 1. "Millets could aid in surviving climate change" by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media, https://agupdate.com/agriview/news/crop/millets-could-aid-in-surviving-climate-change/article_8ff16c50-2f15-11ef-baca-332fa1b77163.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/agupdate.com/agriview/news/crop/millets-could-aid-in-surviving-climate-change/article_8ff16c50-2f15-11ef-baca-332fa1b77163.html__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IuvS8U6CPg$> 2. You can see the old thread with the same title as this posting in Collab's June 2023 archive: https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2023-June/thread.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2023-June/thread.html__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuv3apgicg$> 3. "Linus Rothermich, Auxvasse, MO," National Association of Conservation Districts, (no date) https://www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/north-central/linus-rothermich/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/north-central/linus-rothermich/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuto59dOIA$> bcc: Rob Myers On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:47?AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org<mailto:don@milletsalliance.org>> wrote:
Thank you, David, I appreciate your sharing this. It's of course another version of the radio segment that aired last month on a more local scale (Kansas CIty, apparently): https://www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iutp599d4A$> . Altho shorter, the NPR Morning Edition version captures all the main points. And of course it went out nationally in the US, which is great.
Regarding the content of the segment, I'm particularly curious to know more about the Japanese millet (Echinochloa esculenta) that Linus Rothermich is growing - what are the markets for this grain in North America? I am aware of the plant's use as forage and for wildlife in the US.
TIA for any more info,
Don
DO, EL, MI, US NAMA
bcc: Rob Myers
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 1:18?PM Brenner, David (CTR) - REE-ARS < david.brenner@usda.gov<mailto:david.brenner@usda.gov>> wrote:
<https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuu4HTR6Dg$>> The United Nations declares 2023 the International Year of Millets <https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuu4HTR6Dg$>> Millets, an alternative crop to corn and soybeans, is getting new attention in the U.S. The resilient grain could help U.S. farmers survive climate change. www.npr.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.npr.org__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IusMvJVwGA$>
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He has worked for many years with one particular buyer on millet for many years who is engaged with seed sales for the wildlife seed industry. So I think most of the Japanese millet seed he produces was in the past used for wildlife planting such as to attract ducks. However, more recently, Japanese millet has been used in cover crop plantings, particularly mixes of cover crops, so it wouldn?t surprise me if the buyer that Linus sells to is also reselling some for cover crop use. I don?t know the name of the buyer. Rob From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org<mailto:don@milletsalliance.org>> Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 11:47?AM To: "collab@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab@lists.millets2023.space>" <collab@lists.millets2023.space<mailto:collab@lists.millets2023.space>> Subject: Re: National Public Radio on millets, June 8, 2023 Eva Tesfaye's very nice June 2023 Harvest Public Media / NPR piece on millets has just been resurfaced on AgUpdate.com's "Agri-View,"/1 so I'd like to revisit a question posed at that time regarding Japanese (barnyard) millet./2 The article mentioned Missouri farmer Linus Rothermich's growing of Japanese millet (presumably Echinochloa esculenta) for grain. I had wondered what end use(s) the grain had. Without attempting to contact Mr. Rothermich directly, I did a little more digging, and it seems that he is growing seed for planting this millet as a cover crop./3 In other words, as I understand it, he sells the Japanese millet seed he produces to seed suppliers, which in turn sell to other farmers to plant as cover crops. In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it. Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance Notes: 1. "Millets could aid in surviving climate change" by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media, https://agupdate.com/agriview/news/crop/millets-could-aid-in-surviving-climate-change/article_8ff16c50-2f15-11ef-baca-332fa1b77163.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/agupdate.com/agriview/news/crop/millets-could-aid-in-surviving-climate-change/article_8ff16c50-2f15-11ef-baca-332fa1b77163.html__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IuvS8U6CPg$> 2. You can see the old thread with the same title as this posting in Collab's June 2023 archive: https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2023-June/thread.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2023-June/thread.html__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuv3apgicg$> 3. "Linus Rothermich, Auxvasse, MO," National Association of Conservation Districts, (no date) https://www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/north-central/linus-rothermich/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/north-central/linus-rothermich/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuto59dOIA$> bcc: Rob Myers On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:47?AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org<mailto:don@milletsalliance.org><mailto:don@milletsalliance.org<mailto:don@milletsalliance.org>>> wrote: Thank you, David, I appreciate your sharing this. It's of course another version of the radio segment that aired last month on a more local scale (Kansas CIty, apparently): https://www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iutp599d4A$> . Altho shorter, the NPR Morning Edition version captures all the main points. And of course it went out nationally in the US, which is great. Regarding the content of the segment, I'm particularly curious to know more about the Japanese millet (Echinochloa esculenta) that Linus Rothermich is growing - what are the markets for this grain in North America? I am aware of the plant's use as forage and for wildlife in the US. TIA for any more info, Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA bcc: Rob Myers On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 1:18?PM Brenner, David (CTR) - REE-ARS <david.brenner@usda.gov<mailto:david.brenner@usda.gov><mailto:david.brenner@usda.gov<mailto:david.brenner@usda.gov>>> wrote: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuu4HTR6Dg$> [https://media.npr.org/include/images/facebook-default-wide-s1400-c100.jpg<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/media.npr.org/include/images/facebook-default-wide-s1400-c100.jpg__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IuvfWgCpmA$>]<https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuu4HTR6Dg$>> The United Nations declares 2023 the International Year of Millets<https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuu4HTR6Dg$>> Millets, an alternative crop to corn and soybeans, is getting new attention in the U.S. The resilient grain could help U.S. farmers survive climate change. www.npr.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.npr.org__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IusMvJVwGA$><http://www.npr.org/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.npr.org/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iuuz5Ru-Iw$>> ________________________________ This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. 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Thank you Dipak, Gary, and David for your replies on this. I was under the impression that the barnyard millet produced in India is Echinochloa frumentacea, altho according to one source,/1 E. esculenta is also grown in the Himalayan region of the country. And apparently, E. frumentacea is also grown to some degree as a crop in East Africa? In my emergent understanding, of the two, it seems that E. esculenta is more adapted to cooler climates and higher altitudes,/2 while E. frumentacea (in the US, known as "billion dollar grass") is better adapted to warmer climates. It would be really interesting to see a map of areas in North America where these two species are grown for whatever purpose. Echinochloa spp. (the “barnyard” millets & grasses) seems to be a particularly complicated group among the millets in general. In addition to the two cultivated species mentioned above, there are two widespread wild species - E. crus-galli & E. colona - whose grains are sometimes used as food, but which are also "ranked as the world’s third and fourth worst weeds, respectively."/3 Then there is apparently another wild species - E. oryzacola "Mosou barnyard millet" grown in China./4 I like Gary's suggestion of trying to dehull seed of Japanese (barnyard) millet produced in the US to try as food. I do wonder, however, about how well the grain of varieties grown only for cover crops / forage or wildlife would work in food preparations (as opposed to varieties whose main use is as food). Similar issue to what we face with pearl millet in the US currently. Dipak, I have tried barnyard millet, packaged pearled barnyard millet - and liked it. I am wondering, however, how it compares with a recently harvested whole grain. Best to all, Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA Notes: 1. Salej Sood, Tilak Mondal, Ramesh S. Pal, Dinesh C. Joshi, Lakshmi Kant, and Arunava Pattanayak, "Comparison of dehulling efficiency and grain nutritional parameters of two cultivated barnyard millet species (Echinochloa spp.)" Heliyon 9 (2023) e21594 https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(23)08802-3.pdf 2. Rebecca Nelson Brown, "Using Japanese Millet as a Summer Cover Crop," University of Rhode Island Vegetable Production Research Reports," 2017 https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=riae... 3. Adusumilli Narayana Rao, "Echinochloa colona and Echinochloa crus-galli," Chap. 10 (pp. 197-239) in Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, ed., Biology and Management of Problematic Crop Weed Species, Academic Press, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822917-0.00013-6. 4. Salej Sood, Rajesh K. Khulbe, Arun K. Gupta, Pawan K. Agrawal, Hari D. Upadhyaya, and Jagdish C. Bhatt, "Barnyard millet – a potential food and feed crop of future," Plant Breeding 134(2): 135-147, January 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12243 On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM Dipak Santra via Collab < collab@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
Don:
"In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it."
I think David answered your above question. I do not know if barnyard is grown for grain in the USA. In India, Baryard millet (E. esculenta) is commercially grown for "GRAIN" only. Excellent barnyard millet also grown in and around paddy field in eastern India. Poor people harvest those wildly grown barnyard millet for thein domestic consumption. I clearly remembered doing the same in my childhood in village. The rice and especially the pudding made with barnyard millet is very delicious.
Dipak
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Japanese millet seed is available for many uses (forage, grazing, cover crops, etc.)and is distributed across the U.S.
A few suppliers are Deer Creek Seed Co., Windsor, WI; Albert Lea Seed Farm, Albert Lea, MN; Johnston Seed Co. Enid, OK; Renovo Seed, Brookings, SD who also distribute Teff. Fifty pound bags of Japanese millet can be ordered through Amazon and even Walmart on-line.
I see no reason why a U.S. food processor that wants to try Japanese millet could not purchase significant quantities of untreated seed to perform hulling and lab tests.
Secondly, in my book, How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide, I mentioned on page 197, "Although grown primarily in the southeastern U.S., Japanese millet has been seeded in 1989 along the banks of Oahe Reservoir on the Missouri River of South Dakota. The purpose of the seeding was for bank forage for fish and wildlife." See (2) (PDF) How to Produce Proso Millet: A Farmer's Guide (researchgate.net) <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.researchgate.net/publication/284179184_How_to_Produce_Proso_Millet_A_Farmer's_Guide__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-IutTOlX85w$>
Also, I think it was 1990 that a seed company (now out of operation after the owner died) had me check a field of their Japanese millet near Miller, SD. It was about an 80 acre field intended for seed production. Considering central South Dakota's semi-arid climate, I observed Japanese millet seed production would produce more yield in areas receiving more rainfall--even eastern SD.....Gary Wietgrefe
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Eva Tesfaye's very nice June 2023 Harvest Public Media / NPR piece on millets has just been resurfaced on AgUpdate.com's "Agri-View,"/1 so I'd like to revisit a question posed at that time regarding Japanese (barnyard) millet./2
The article mentioned Missouri farmer Linus Rothermich's growing of Japanese millet (presumably Echinochloa esculenta) for grain. I had wondered what end use(s) the grain had.
Without attempting to contact Mr. Rothermich directly, I did a little more digging, and it seems that he is growing seed for planting this millet as a cover crop./3 In other words, as I understand it, he sells the Japanese millet seed he produces to seed suppliers, which in turn sell to other farmers to plant as cover crops.
In the previous thread on the original NPR article,/2 Dipak suggested that the Japanese millet seed could in principle be dehulled and used for human food. At this time, however, I have no information on commercial production of any barnyard millet for human consumption in North America, but would be most interested to learn of it.
Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
Notes: 1. "Millets could aid in surviving climate change" by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media,
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On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:47?AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Thank you, David, I appreciate your sharing this. It's of course another version of the radio segment that aired last month on a more local scale (Kansas CIty, apparently): https://www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.kcur.org/2023-05-17/millets-drought-climate-united-nations__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DJgWi-Va2oX-_HEb3LPEKnr5fJFuKTKmCR-fYWck5fDVdFpYSEolpyIoYz2w6GeWJnFV1Dimy-LyjFGBnVc-Iutp599d4A$> . Altho shorter, the NPR Morning Edition version captures all the main points. And of course it went out nationally in the US, which is great.
Regarding the content of the segment, I'm particularly curious to know more about the Japanese millet (Echinochloa esculenta) that Linus Rothermich is growing - what are the markets for this grain in North America? I am aware of the plant's use as forage and for wildlife in the US.
TIA for any more info,
Don
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Don: You are correct. The cultivated barnyard millet in India is Echinochloa frumentacea. My apology. Thanks Dipak [cid:image001.png@01D32179.68535ED0] Dipak Santra, Ph.D. Professor (Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist) President, International Broomcorn Millet Association Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska–Lincoln Panhandle Research & Extension Center 4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 (308) 632-124<tel:3086321372>4 (work) / (308) 765-2324 (cell) From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 7:51 AM To: "collab@lists.millets2023.space" <collab@lists.millets2023.space> Cc: Dipak Santra <dsantra2@unl.edu>, Gary Wietgrefe <gww374@gmail.com> Subject: Japanese (barnyard) millet, etc. (Re: Collab Digest, Vol 30, Issue 11) Echinochloa frumentacea,
Thank you, Dipak, but no need to apologize. I'm just trying to make sure I have this right. It seems to me that the "Echinochloa complex" lends itself to confusion. I recently saw a couple of instances where E. esculenta was called "billion dollar grass" - the moniker usually applied to E. frumentacea. One of those was a table in a USDA document at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/njpmctn12841.pdf . Since the term "Japanese millet" is sometimes used for E. frumentacea as well as E. esculenta, it is sometimes hard to know what one is talking about in this space. I'm hoping to find a map(s) showing where these two cultivated barnyard millets are most cultivated - globally and in North America. I think that such a visual would help us all. All the best, Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM Dipak Santra <dsantra2@unl.edu> wrote:
Don:
You are correct. The cultivated barnyard millet in India is *Echinochloa frumentacea*. My apology.
Thanks
Dipak
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*Professor (Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist)*
President, International Broomcorn Millet Association
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Panhandle Research & Extension Center
4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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*From: *Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> *Date: *Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 7:51 AM *To: *"collab@lists.millets2023.space" <collab@lists.millets2023.space> *Cc: *Dipak Santra <dsantra2@unl.edu>, Gary Wietgrefe <gww374@gmail.com> *Subject: *Japanese (barnyard) millet, etc. (Re: Collab Digest, Vol 30, Issue 11)
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