Re: Prices and market trends for millets - 2 views
by Don Osborn
Thank you. Gary, for comparing the prices quoted in the IMARC report with
what you are seeing o the ground, and also for bringing the perspective of
grain quality standards into the picture.
I saw another one of these marketing reports this morning, on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7475884972009234432/
It was posted by Optiern Solutions today (6/25) and entitled "Global
Millets Market: Strategic Insights & Forecast (2026-2033)." The lede is:
"The global Millets Market is projected to grow from USD 12.4 Billion in
2025 to approximately USD 22.8 Billion by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 7.9%
during the forecast period." That CAGR, by the way, is a full 2 points
higher than anything suggested by Renub Research in its reports. Not clear
where that comes from or how it was generated.
The Optiern Solutions post offers some key points that align with what one
encounters in the other reports, and an outlink to the Market Research and
News site where one can request a sample report on millets from October
2024: https://www.marketresearchandnews.com/download-sample/577380/
. However, a search of the latter organization's website did not come up
with any current report on millets. (Market Research and News is based in
Delaware.)
Optiern's LinkedIn uses an AI-generated image that didn't illustrate
millets in a helpful way. The post also tags 40 organizations which have
"millets" in their name. I'll post to Collab separately about that, as it's
a useful small data set.
Optiern Solutions itself appears to operate currently only on LinkedIn. Its
company page there uses the slogan "Navigating the Data Landscape," and
includes a link to a blog with older material.
Anyway, I started this reply thinking we had another new report to compare
with the others, and found something rather less useful.
Don
DO, EL, MI, US
NAMA
PS- In July 2023, we had a short discussion on Collab about a market report
on millets from yet another outfit, Market Data Forecast :
https://lists.millets2023.space/archives/search?mlist=collab%40lists.millet…
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM Gary Wietgrefe <gww374(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Don, you just justified *Proso Millet Quality Grading Standards* released
> by NAMA in 2025.
>
> Thank you for providing international millet price tracking and background
> information. Although price by millet type is not stated, I assume:
> 1.) Prices referenced in the IMARC links must be proso as that is the only
> type available in quantities from North America.
> 2.) Prices are FOB which would customarily be origination point, however
> it could be at export terminals.
> 3.) Is the millet stated in bulk, cleaned, bagged or (de)hulled?
>
> The reason I raise these points is 90% of 800 million pounds of North
> American millet grain (proso) is grown in Colorado, Nebraska and South
> Dakota with grower prices since 2024 stabilized in the range of $0.07-0.09
> cents/pound sold at local grain terminals. For a quick reference see USDA's
> daily proso tracking reported as "white millet". See *https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2887.pdf
> <https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2887.pdf> *
>
> Notice the 10X price difference between grower and IMARC reporting.
> Bin-run proso has been trading below ten cents/pound for a couple years
> and IMARC reports US$ 1571 MT (or $0.71 cents/pound). There is not that
> kind of margin in any grain except where quality segregates by food grade.
>
> Most U.S. proso would meet U.S. food grade requirements but is NOT bought
> from growers nor sold by grain elevators using the new grading standards.
>
> In order for North American proso to be competitive as a grain and flour
> substitute, growers and grain buyers MUST purchase, store, grade, and ship
> proso using NAMA's *Proso Millet Quality Grading Standards*.....Gary
> Wietgrefe
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM Don Osborn via Collab <
> collab(a)lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
>
>> Several companies put out global market analyses for commodities, with
>> website articles and for-sale publications (generally quite expensive). In
>> the case of such reports on millets, I don't know how useful they actually
>> are to businesses.. However, they seem worthy of noting, and do offer some
>> interesting bits of information.
>>
>> Here are two I recently came across:
>>
>> 1. IMARC (two links)
>> "Millet Prices Hit a 5-Year High in 2025: Nutrition Trends Drive Massive
>> Market Shift," IMARC, 8 Dec. 2025
>> https://www.imarcgroup.com/news/millet-price-index
>>
>> "Millet Prices, Trend, Chart, Demand, Market Analysis, News, Historical
>> and
>> Forecast Data Report 2026 Edition," IMARC, n.d.
>> https://www.imarcgroup.com/millet-pricing-report
>>
>> These focus on the US, China, Germany, UK, and France. My guess is that
>> they are analyzing proso millet, which is the most traded of the millets,
>> even if it is not the most produced.
>>
>> The first link above has this statement: "The global millet market reached
>> 30.43 Million Tons in 2025 and is projected to grow to 34.1 Million Tons
>> by
>> 2034, at a CAGR of 1.26% during 2026–2034." According to figures I
>> accessed
>> a year or two ago, the estimated total production of all millets,
>> including
>> proso (but excluding sorghum), was on the order of 30 million MT/year. Th
>> latter quantity, as I understand it, that would include a large percentage
>> of production/consumption on household or local levels, which is not
>> traded
>> in ways that international businesses would find interesting. (I am in no
>> way an expert on market analysis, so take my opinion only so far.)
>>
>> 2. Renub Research (two links)
>> "Millets Market to Reach US$ 18.67 Billion by 2034 as Demand for
>> Nutritious
>> and Climate-Resilient Grains Accelerates," by Aman Ahirwar, Feast, May
>> 2026
>>
>> "Global Millets Market Report by Product, Application, Distribution
>> Channels, Countries and Companies Analysis 2026-2034," Renub Research,
>> n.d.
>> https://www.renub.com/millets-market-p.php
>> '
>> These spotlight the US, Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia, but with mention
>> of a range of commercial initiatives involving millets going back to 2023.
>>
>> This report suggests that the millets market will experience a 5.21% CAGR
>> (compound annual growth rate) over the period 2026-2034. In 2024, the same
>> company (Renub Research) had estimated a 5.88% CAGR for 2024-2032. See my
>> short post about that of 8 Sep. 2024 at
>>
>> https://lists.millets2023.space/archives/list/collab@lists.millets2023.spac…
>> . I have no suggestion as to the possible significance of that decline,
>> and
>> don't have access to a series of annual CAGR estimates to look for any
>> trends..
>>
>>
>> Don Osborn, PhD
>> (East Lansing, MI, US)
>> North American Millets Alliance
>>
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Re: [Collab] Millets Market Projections
by Don Osborn
Thanks Joni for the question about reports with economic data about the
millets industry, and David, for the USDA and ARS GRIN links. On the USDA
links, noting not only "proso millet" (the only "millet" found in text
searches) and also "sorghum" (no surprise at all). However I don't find
"teff," even tho it is grown for grains for the food market - perhaps it is
too small a crop for their purposes?
Joni, I'd like to know more about the goal of your effort, and also the
particular "Market Data Forecast" (MDF) service whose report (a sample?)
you link to. I am not familiar with MDF or who's behind it (altho will come
back to that below). From the breadth of their listed work - including but
not limited to a range of agricultural crops - it seems like MDF must have
a system for accessing various levels of published research and extracting
information relevant to whatever regional report they are producing. Such
can be very useful for a start, but IMO would be most useful in combination
with topic-specific research that accesses data and contexts that wouldn't
necessarily be compiled or published by anyone else (e.g., on small
importers and artisanal grain operations, which may not register in involve
small operations as regards millets). Seems like you might be thinking in
those terms?
In the outline in the MDF document you linked to, I'm looking at
segmentation by type (5.1) and am very interested in how this (and the
content) might be customized. It lists the four main millets globally
(i.e., the four most cultivated grains surnamed "millet") - pearl, finger,
proso, and foxtail - followed by "others.". However, of these four in
North America, only proso is produced for food-grade grains commercially,
and finger millet apparently isn't grown in significant quantities for any
purpose (outside of some research). Pearl millet is a major grain crop in
parts of Africa and South Asia, but limited mainly to forage in the US. All
four of these - along with several other millets - are imported for
human consumption in small quantities for retail sale - as grain and in
processed food products.
Working off of the realities in this part of the world, plus considering
the group of grains highlighted in the International Year of Millets, might
a different outline for market segmentation serve better? For example,
start with: sorghum (which MDF may treat separately?); proso; teff (which
has a small but interesting production in the US for food and fodder);
followed as above by "others." The latter tier could be millets that are
grown here for fodder, cover crops, or other purposes, and which as
mentioned above, are also imported as food.
The thing with millets as I understand it - and I'm really learning as I'm
going - is that production, consumption, and even status is really
particular by location, more so than the particularities one sees with the
main cereal crops, all their varieties notwithstanding. In other words, the
configuration of species grown and for what, can be entirely different by
region. Most are not known in all regions, and a few may be considered
weeds (for example, kodo millet, a crop in South Asia, is considered a
"noxious weed" in parts of the US, for an extreme case).
All of which is to say that it's a bit complicated, so a locally /
regionally tailored outline would be the way to start. However, I'm not
sure how easy it would be to do economic forecasts on the smaller markets
of millets imports and artisanal grains.
Regarding MDF, it specializes in market research, business intelligence,
and reports (no surprise). It's based in Hyderabad, and is listed as
having 11-50 employees/2 or 87 employees./3 No info on its methods. Not
sure if its location in India might give it special insights into the
millets market there (largest in the world, from what I understand), and
exports to the US, Canada, and Mexico.
All this circles around the issues you're asking about, but hopefully some
of it is useful. Again, it would be interesting if you can share more info
on this effort.
All the best,
Don
DO, EL, MI, US
NAMA
Notes:
1. https://www.marketdataforecast.com
2. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/market-data-forecast-inc
3. https://www.linkedin.com/company/market-data-forecast/
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:25 PM Brenner, David (CTR) - REE-ARS via Collab <
collab(a)lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
> The USDA statistics are good for proso millet, and they are updated
> regularly.
>
>
> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020a. Crop Values 2019
> Summary (February 2020)
> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k35694332/9w032…
>
>
> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020b. Crop Production 2019
> Summary (January 2020)
> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k3569432s/sj139…
>
>
> These about proso are compiled from various sources including the above.
>
>
> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Crop%20V…
>
>
>
> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Quad%20C…
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Re: [Collab] Millets Market Projections
by Joni Kindwall-Moore
Thanks, Don,
We are in the process of applying for a series of USDA grants to help grow
the market via investments in processing, innovating new products and
investing in marketing. I was able to find some reports but they were very
expensive to obtain and we don't have that kind of capital. There is a lot
of work in agronomy and in genetics but very little it seems filters
through to initiatives that would actually grow the demand for human-grade
millets (sorghum included).
Thanks to everyone who is contributing!
On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 7:36 AM Don Osborn <don(a)milletsalliance.org> wrote:
> Thanks Joni for the question about reports with economic data about the
> millets industry, and David, for the USDA and ARS GRIN links. On the USDA
> links, noting not only "proso millet" (the only "millet" found in text
> searches) and also "sorghum" (no surprise at all). However I don't find
> "teff," even tho it is grown for grains for the food market - perhaps it is
> too small a crop for their purposes?
>
> Joni, I'd like to know more about the goal of your effort, and also the
> particular "Market Data Forecast" (MDF) service whose report (a sample?)
> you link to. I am not familiar with MDF or who's behind it (altho will come
> back to that below). From the breadth of their listed work - including but
> not limited to a range of agricultural crops - it seems like MDF must have
> a system for accessing various levels of published research and extracting
> information relevant to whatever regional report they are producing. Such
> can be very useful for a start, but IMO would be most useful in combination
> with topic-specific research that accesses data and contexts that wouldn't
> necessarily be compiled or published by anyone else (e.g., on small
> importers and artisanal grain operations, which may not register in involve
> small operations as regards millets). Seems like you might be thinking in
> those terms?
>
> In the outline in the MDF document you linked to, I'm looking at
> segmentation by type (5.1) and am very interested in how this (and the
> content) might be customized. It lists the four main millets globally
> (i.e., the four most cultivated grains surnamed "millet") - pearl, finger,
> proso, and foxtail - followed by "others.". However, of these four in
> North America, only proso is produced for food-grade grains commercially,
> and finger millet apparently isn't grown in significant quantities for any
> purpose (outside of some research). Pearl millet is a major grain crop in
> parts of Africa and South Asia, but limited mainly to forage in the US. All
> four of these - along with several other millets - are imported for
> human consumption in small quantities for retail sale - as grain and in
> processed food products.
>
> Working off of the realities in this part of the world, plus considering
> the group of grains highlighted in the International Year of Millets, might
> a different outline for market segmentation serve better? For example,
> start with: sorghum (which MDF may treat separately?); proso; teff (which
> has a small but interesting production in the US for food and fodder);
> followed as above by "others." The latter tier could be millets that are
> grown here for fodder, cover crops, or other purposes, and which as
> mentioned above, are also imported as food.
>
> The thing with millets as I understand it - and I'm really learning as
> I'm going - is that production, consumption, and even status is really
> particular by location, more so than the particularities one sees with the
> main cereal crops, all their varieties notwithstanding. In other words, the
> configuration of species grown and for what, can be entirely different by
> region. Most are not known in all regions, and a few may be considered
> weeds (for example, kodo millet, a crop in South Asia, is considered a
> "noxious weed" in parts of the US, for an extreme case).
>
> All of which is to say that it's a bit complicated, so a locally /
> regionally tailored outline would be the way to start. However, I'm not
> sure how easy it would be to do economic forecasts on the smaller markets
> of millets imports and artisanal grains.
>
> Regarding MDF, it specializes in market research, business intelligence,
> and reports (no surprise). It's based in Hyderabad, and is listed as
> having 11-50 employees/2 or 87 employees./3 No info on its methods. Not
> sure if its location in India might give it special insights into the
> millets market there (largest in the world, from what I understand), and
> exports to the US, Canada, and Mexico.
>
> All this circles around the issues you're asking about, but hopefully some
> of it is useful. Again, it would be interesting if you can share more info
> on this effort.
>
> All the best,
> Don
>
> DO, EL, MI, US
> NAMA
>
> Notes:
> 1. https://www.marketdataforecast.com
> 2. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/market-data-forecast-inc
> 3. https://www.linkedin.com/company/market-data-forecast/
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:25 PM Brenner, David (CTR) - REE-ARS via Collab
> <collab(a)lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
>
>> The USDA statistics are good for proso millet, and they are updated
>> regularly.
>>
>>
>> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020a. Crop Values 2019
>> Summary (February 2020)
>> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k35694332/9w032…
>>
>>
>> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020b. Crop Production
>> 2019 Summary (January 2020)
>> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k3569432s/sj139…
>>
>>
>> These about proso are compiled from various sources including the above.
>>
>>
>> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Crop%20V…
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Quad%20C…
>> ------------------------------
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>> Joni Kindwall-Moore <joni(a)snacktivistfoods.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2023 10:45 AM
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Re: [Collab] Millets Market Projections
by Don Osborn
You're welcome, Joni, and thanks for the additional information. Good luck
with the grants.
What you have described, and what we observe, seems to be a system out of
balance in several respects. The fact that for example proso can be grown
but can't get dehulled, and then that the end consumer demand might not be
there are problematic. The latter is key, but growing demand has many
aspects, even when focusing on one millet.
A good starting place seems to be another area you're also working on -
namely to facilitate people trying millets in institutional food settings.
Obviously the quality and flavors of such offerings would be key to any
success. Am thinking that food procurement on these levels (as much as I
understand them) could also build a level of demand on top of which to
develop consumer demand.
On consumer demand, a quick aside: What I see as a consumer in mid-Michigan
regarding proso isn't very encouraging. Two stores in East Lansing that
used to have proso millet in bulk (bins labeled "Millet," as is typical)
don't anymore. One of those that had puffed millet breakfast cereal doesn't
anymore. Another store, a large independent grocery, still has both of
those, but less shelf space overall to millet (i.e., proso in this
context). On the other hand, the latter stocks a line of "millet [i.e.,
proso] & flax" chips by Sami's Bakery (a Florida company) that they say
moves quite well. So this is a tiny anecdotal sample in one location, but
mostly it doesn't seem to be moving in the direction of more interest in
millets.Ihaven't tracked sorghum closely, but don't notice any major
changes. Teff has gone up in price, possibly reflecting global supply or
else demand, but shelf space for it is limited (packaged teff in the above
stores is from Bob's Red Mill, and sourced in the US).
I wonder if part of the issue with demand for millets is that people aren't
so sure what they'd do with them. A common set of questions when you
mention millets is how to cook them, and if you have any recipes. A millet
chip on the other hand is not hard to figure out, and if it tastes good,
folks will come back to it (noting here also Yolélé's venture into the same
space with fonio). So maybe strategies for consumer packaged goods with
millets should invest more in ready-to-eat snacks at this stage in the game?
Another dimension is mixes - which you and Snacktivist are of course
already doing, and which one also sees increasingly in various products
(like breads - millets having moved from the sprinkle on the crusts into
the doughs). Is expansion possible here? IOW, how might various millets
improve or add attractive nutritional or taste dimensions to additional
familiar processed foods (from noodles to tortillas etc.)?
It all comes back to a systems perspective - at least that's how it seems
to someone with my background.
Regarding the expensive market reports, too bad that you weren"t able to
access them. I still wonder if a focused and funded academic research
effort might come up with as good general data for your purposes, plus more
relevant focused research and analysis. Of course, all that would take time
you don't have. But it would be good to have such information freely
accessible for the benefit of people and small organizations & companies
working with millets.
Sorry to ramble - and hope some of this is of use.
Don
DO, EL, MI, US
NAMA
PS- Regarding millets in stores, it's a different story with millets from
India and China in groceries specializing in each. This is not a big city
with large "ethnic" food stores, but there's some interesting stories here
nonetheless.
On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 2:44 PM Joni Kindwall-Moore <
joni(a)snacktivistfoods.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Don,
> We are in the process of applying for a series of USDA grants to help grow
> the market via investments in processing, innovating new products and
> investing in marketing. I was able to find some reports but they were very
> expensive to obtain and we don't have that kind of capital. There is a lot
> of work in agronomy and in genetics but very little it seems filters
> through to initiatives that would actually grow the demand for human-grade
> millets (sorghum included).
> Thanks to everyone who is contributing!
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 7:36 AM Don Osborn <don(a)milletsalliance.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Joni for the question about reports with economic data about the
>> millets industry, and David, for the USDA and ARS GRIN links. On the USDA
>> links, noting not only "proso millet" (the only "millet" found in text
>> searches) and also "sorghum" (no surprise at all). However I don't find
>> "teff," even tho it is grown for grains for the food market - perhaps it is
>> too small a crop for their purposes?
>>
>> Joni, I'd like to know more about the goal of your effort, and also the
>> particular "Market Data Forecast" (MDF) service whose report (a sample?)
>> you link to. I am not familiar with MDF or who's behind it (altho will come
>> back to that below). From the breadth of their listed work - including but
>> not limited to a range of agricultural crops - it seems like MDF must have
>> a system for accessing various levels of published research and extracting
>> information relevant to whatever regional report they are producing. Such
>> can be very useful for a start, but IMO would be most useful in combination
>> with topic-specific research that accesses data and contexts that wouldn't
>> necessarily be compiled or published by anyone else (e.g., on small
>> importers and artisanal grain operations, which may not register in involve
>> small operations as regards millets). Seems like you might be thinking in
>> those terms?
>>
>> In the outline in the MDF document you linked to, I'm looking at
>> segmentation by type (5.1) and am very interested in how this (and the
>> content) might be customized. It lists the four main millets globally
>> (i.e., the four most cultivated grains surnamed "millet") - pearl, finger,
>> proso, and foxtail - followed by "others.". However, of these four in
>> North America, only proso is produced for food-grade grains commercially,
>> and finger millet apparently isn't grown in significant quantities for any
>> purpose (outside of some research). Pearl millet is a major grain crop in
>> parts of Africa and South Asia, but limited mainly to forage in the US. All
>> four of these - along with several other millets - are imported for
>> human consumption in small quantities for retail sale - as grain and in
>> processed food products.
>>
>> Working off of the realities in this part of the world, plus considering
>> the group of grains highlighted in the International Year of Millets, might
>> a different outline for market segmentation serve better? For example,
>> start with: sorghum (which MDF may treat separately?); proso; teff (which
>> has a small but interesting production in the US for food and fodder);
>> followed as above by "others." The latter tier could be millets that are
>> grown here for fodder, cover crops, or other purposes, and which as
>> mentioned above, are also imported as food.
>>
>> The thing with millets as I understand it - and I'm really learning as
>> I'm going - is that production, consumption, and even status is really
>> particular by location, more so than the particularities one sees with the
>> main cereal crops, all their varieties notwithstanding. In other words, the
>> configuration of species grown and for what, can be entirely different by
>> region. Most are not known in all regions, and a few may be considered
>> weeds (for example, kodo millet, a crop in South Asia, is considered a
>> "noxious weed" in parts of the US, for an extreme case).
>>
>> All of which is to say that it's a bit complicated, so a locally /
>> regionally tailored outline would be the way to start. However, I'm not
>> sure how easy it would be to do economic forecasts on the smaller markets
>> of millets imports and artisanal grains.
>>
>> Regarding MDF, it specializes in market research, business intelligence,
>> and reports (no surprise). It's based in Hyderabad, and is listed as
>> having 11-50 employees/2 or 87 employees./3 No info on its methods. Not
>> sure if its location in India might give it special insights into the
>> millets market there (largest in the world, from what I understand), and
>> exports to the US, Canada, and Mexico.
>>
>> All this circles around the issues you're asking about, but hopefully
>> some of it is useful. Again, it would be interesting if you can share more
>> info on this effort.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Don
>>
>> DO, EL, MI, US
>> NAMA
>>
>> Notes:
>> 1. https://www.marketdataforecast.com
>> 2. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/market-data-forecast-inc
>> 3. https://www.linkedin.com/company/market-data-forecast/
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:25 PM Brenner, David (CTR) - REE-ARS via
>> Collab <collab(a)lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
>>
>>> The USDA statistics are good for proso millet, and they are updated
>>> regularly.
>>>
>>>
>>> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020a. Crop Values 2019
>>> Summary (February 2020)
>>> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k35694332/9w032…
>>>
>>>
>>> USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2020b. Crop Production
>>> 2019 Summary (January 2020)
>>> https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/k3569432s/sj139…
>>>
>>>
>>> These about proso are compiled from various sources including the above.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Crop%20V…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/2020-%20Proso%20Millet%20Quad%20C…
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