Re: [Collab] Collab Digest, Vol 23, Issue 1
Since January 2024 is planned for proso, I thought the group would be interested in a 2:35 minute YouTube video I released last Friday. Though we keep encouraging millet use, there really is not much information out there on how and why to put millet into a crop rotation. This quick video, my eighth on millets, tells how to put proso into a wheat/millet/soybean or field pea rotation....Gary Wietgrefe https://youtu.be/5Pot-TWiB6o?si=cOrHSZcq4a4UXYLT On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:07 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
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1. Re: Teff: November millet-of-the-month (Don Osborn)
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:53:19 -0500 From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> To: collab@lists.millets2023.space Subject: Re: [Collab] Teff: November millet-of-the-month Message-ID: <CA+RHibVWmcLX-Ugpn=N_Bv9z= 4Lop4amWcTHF4t_n12PqQXzMw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Quick addendum - November in the Whole Grains Council's "Grain of the Month" calendar has "Millet(s) and teff" listed. See:
https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/grain-month-calendar/millet-...
Their grain calendar was one of the inspirations for our "Millet of the Month" calendar, and these overlap in June with sorghum, and this month with teff. NAMA of course expands "millets" across the whole year.
Here again is the current millet of the month calendar. For 2024. there has been a suggestion to move little millet to February, so that the Panicum species of millets would be in adjacent months. If you have any suggestions regarding this ordering, please let us know.
Jan., proso millet, Panicum miliaceum Feb., finger millet, Eleusine coracana Mar., foxtail millet, Setaria italica Apr., pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum May, fonio, Digitaria spp. June, sorghum, Sorghum bicolor July, barnyard millet, Echinochloa spp. Aug., little millet, Panicum sumatrense (plus P. hirticaule, sometimes called Sonoran millet) Sep., browntop & Guinea, Brachiaria spp. Oct., kodo millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum Nov., teff, Eragrostis tef Dec., adlay/Job?s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi
DO, EL, MI, US NAMA
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:27?PM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Teff (Eragrostis tef) is our millet-of-the-month in November. Teff is native to the Horn of Africa, and a staple in that region - often eaten in the form of injera bread, made with fermented teff flour.
Ninety percent or more of grain teff is grown in Ethiopia. However interest in this grain has led to its being grown in other regions, including in North America (certain parts of the US, the northwest in particular it seems). Some teff is exported from Ethiopia, but most of what one sees in some US groceries is grown domestically (Maskal, Bob's Red Mill, Selam, Shiloh Farms, to name a few). Supposedly, Idaho is the second largest producer of grain teff in the world.
Brown teff seems more common, but there are lighter varieties too, generally called "ivory teff." The former has a somewhat more robust flavor, but the two apparently have different characteristics in baking.
Teff has also become a popular forage crop in the US and Canada. It is grown for hay or grazing apparently in half the US states, although presumably on relatively small scales.
Here are a few links for more information: * General information ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teff ** https://www.britannica.com/plant/teff ** https://foodrevolution.org/blog/teff/
* Teff in the US **
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/east-african-grain-teff-grows-in-popul...
**
https://boisedev.com/news/2022/09/09/whats-teff-idaho-second-highest-produce...
* Culinary aspects of teff **
https://creativeinmykitchen.com/all-about-teff-the-ancient-grain-gaining-pop...
** https://www.thespruceeats.com/teff-gluten-free-whole-grain-3376844
* Forage **
https://forages.osu.edu/sites/forages/files/imce/Teff%20for%20Forage%20Produ...
* A perspective on teff in Ethiopia **
https://theconversation.com/ethiopia-needs-to-improve-production-of-its-gold...
Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
Thank you, Gary, for letting us know about this video and your small collection. I had the chance to visit your YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@garywietgrefe2600 and am impressed. These are short, informative videos with lots of shots from the field plus some charts and other images. For your most recent one that you linked to, I almost wanted to slow the speed to take in the information. Anyway, here is a list of the videos relating to millets - mostly proso - in alphabetical order. (Gary also has a few other videos on other topics.) * Harvesting Proso Millet for High Quality Food (4:04) * How to Produce Proso Millet: Seed to Germination (4:02) * Millet-Hamburger Hotdish (1:32) * Pearl & Foxtail Millet Forage (4:10) * Proso Millet Planting Rates (4:14) * Proso Millet Pricing (4:13) * Proso Millet Wheat Rotation (2:34) * Proso Millet, Wheat, Soybean Rotation (2:34) * Proso Millet: Preparing to Harvest (4:07) DO, EL, MI, US NAMA On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 2:55 PM Gary Wietgrefe via Collab < collab@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
Since January 2024 is planned for proso, I thought the group would be interested in a 2:35 minute YouTube video I released last Friday. Though we keep encouraging millet use, there really is not much information out there on how and why to put millet into a crop rotation. This quick video, my eighth on millets, tells how to put proso into a wheat/millet/soybean or field pea rotation....Gary Wietgrefe https://youtu.be/5Pot-TWiB6o?si=cOrHSZcq4a4UXYLT
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:07 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Teff: November millet-of-the-month (Don Osborn)
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:53:19 -0500 From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> To: collab@lists.millets2023.space Subject: Re: [Collab] Teff: November millet-of-the-month Message-ID: <CA+RHibVWmcLX-Ugpn=N_Bv9z= 4Lop4amWcTHF4t_n12PqQXzMw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Quick addendum - November in the Whole Grains Council's "Grain of the Month" calendar has "Millet(s) and teff" listed. See:
https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/grain-month-calendar/millet-...
Their grain calendar was one of the inspirations for our "Millet of the Month" calendar, and these overlap in June with sorghum, and this month with teff. NAMA of course expands "millets" across the whole year.
Here again is the current millet of the month calendar. For 2024. there has been a suggestion to move little millet to February, so that the Panicum species of millets would be in adjacent months. If you have any suggestions regarding this ordering, please let us know.
Jan., proso millet, Panicum miliaceum Feb., finger millet, Eleusine coracana Mar., foxtail millet, Setaria italica Apr., pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum May, fonio, Digitaria spp. June, sorghum, Sorghum bicolor July, barnyard millet, Echinochloa spp. Aug., little millet, Panicum sumatrense (plus P. hirticaule, sometimes called Sonoran millet) Sep., browntop & Guinea, Brachiaria spp. Oct., kodo millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum Nov., teff, Eragrostis tef Dec., adlay/Job?s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi
DO, EL, MI, US NAMA
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:27?PM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Teff (Eragrostis tef) is our millet-of-the-month in November. Teff is native to the Horn of Africa, and a staple in that region - often eaten in the form of injera bread, made with fermented teff flour.
Ninety percent or more of grain teff is grown in Ethiopia. However interest in this grain has led to its being grown in other regions, including in North America (certain parts of the US, the northwest in particular it seems). Some teff is exported from Ethiopia, but most of what one sees in some US groceries is grown domestically (Maskal, Bob's Red Mill, Selam, Shiloh Farms, to name a few). Supposedly, Idaho is the second largest producer of grain teff in the world.
Brown teff seems more common, but there are lighter varieties too, generally called "ivory teff." The former has a somewhat more robust flavor, but the two apparently have different characteristics in baking.
Teff has also become a popular forage crop in the US and Canada. It is grown for hay or grazing apparently in half the US states, although presumably on relatively small scales.
Here are a few links for more information: * General information ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teff ** https://www.britannica.com/plant/teff ** https://foodrevolution.org/blog/teff/
* Teff in the US **
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/east-african-grain-teff-grows-in-popul...
**
https://boisedev.com/news/2022/09/09/whats-teff-idaho-second-highest-produce...
* Culinary aspects of teff **
https://creativeinmykitchen.com/all-about-teff-the-ancient-grain-gaining-pop...
** https://www.thespruceeats.com/teff-gluten-free-whole-grain-3376844
* Forage **
https://forages.osu.edu/sites/forages/files/imce/Teff%20for%20Forage%20Produ...
* A perspective on teff in Ethiopia **
https://theconversation.com/ethiopia-needs-to-improve-production-of-its-gold...
Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
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