Barnyard

Barnyard millet is the fastest growing millet and its origin is probably in eastern India.This type of millet is the fastest growing of all millets and produces a crop in six weeks. In the United States it can reach up to eight harvests per year as a forage crop. Barnyard millet is an erect plant 60-130 cm tall with panicle inflorescence made up of 5-15 sessile branches. Spikelets are brownish to purple. Seeds are slightly longer than wide and bigger than wild barnyard grass seeds.