German Millet

German millet is an annual, warm season grass popularly used in wildlife food plots. It is most commonly grown for its small seeds that make excellent feed for waterfowl, upland game birds, and songbirds. It can also be used as a single-cut, short season, emergency hay crop with no regrowth after cutting. It grows well in sandy to loamy soils and prefers warm weather and semi-arid conditions but cannot recover very easily from drought. Because it establishes quickly and can produce more biomass than annual rye, it is can also be used for erosion control on steep slopes.