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Millets, a class of grasses with particularly tiny seeds, are cultivated in many different nations. Cereal grains are a staple in the human diet. They’re also put to good use as feed. It was during the Middle Jeulmun Pottery Period (3,500-2,000 BC) that these cereals were first cultivated on the Korean Peninsula. The Indian writings known as the Yajurveda have references to millets such as the foxtail (priyangava), barnyard (aanava), and black finger (shyaamaka). This suggests that millet was a common staple food in India throughout the Bronze Age (about 4,500 BC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foxtail and proso millets are mentioned in Chinese historical records from the years 2,000 to 1,000 B.C. Foxtail millet is the oldest cultivated millet and is said to have originated in southern Asia. Other names for foxtail millet are German millet and Italian millet. Its culture slowly made its way west to Europe. Foxtail was not a commonly cultivated crop in the New World. After 1850, this millet was a major crop in the Great Plains; however, the introduction of Sudan grass led to a decline in cultivated land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Europeans introduced proso millet to the Americas in the 18th century. After some preliminary testing along the eastern seaboard, millet cultivation was brought to the Dakotas and spread throughout a considerable region of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian Federation, mainland China, Western Europe, and India are now major producers of proso millet. Eastern Asia is home to the majority of the world’s foxtail millet fields. In the United States, the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado are major producers of both millets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Asian countries of Japan, Australia, and a few others are major producers of barnyard millet, also known as Japanese millet. Its primary use in the United States is as animal feed. Originally from India, browntop millet was introduced to the United States in 1915, where it has since become a popular crop for game preserves in the South and Southeast to use as hay, pasture, and bird\/quail feed. Pearl millet (also known as cattail millet) is a type of millet that has been cultivated ever since ancient times. It is a staple food crop in many parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and India. Despite its early introduction to the Americas, pearl millet was not widely farmed until 1875, when it was used to replace sudangrass and as a pasture crop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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