Mid-Season Proso Millet Management

Jul 25

Growers across the nation tell their approach on planting proso millet this season.

Expanding from our planting article we’ve touched base with growers on how this season of proso millet is coming along. Here’s what they had to say:

From “Millet Country”

As the season progresses, Jacob Wagers, proso millet farmer in Woodrow, Colorado describes this season more wet than years past. As many parts of the U.S. are facing drought conditions, this is not an issue for Jacob’s proso acres this season. In fact, his area of Colorado has already received the annual average rainfall of 13-15 inches––and the year is only halfway through!

Though the first half of the growing season received more precipitation than years past, there is still a bit of a dry pattern expected to come this season. Due to the amount of rain his area received early on in the season, Wagers proso fields should have enough available water to finish out the crop this season, even if the dry weather arrives.

Heading into mid-season, Wagers plans to apply a post-emerge broadleaf application to control any weeds that may pose a threat to his crop. There is no need for an insecticide application at this time as proso millet is quite a self-sustained crop. Besides the post-emerge broadleaf application, Wagers has no plans to get back into the field until harvest.

Wagers believes that due to the exceptional amount of rain he received early in the season, and the amount of available water within the soil this year, that his crop has the potential to have a heavier grain fill at harvest. Check back in later this season to see how his crop performs at harvest!

From the Pacific Northwest

Temps are rising in the Pacific Northwest, nearing the 100’s! Jason Bishop, proso millet farmer from Edwall, Washington tells us that nothing is out of the norm this year compared to years past, but he was glad to get the early heat to help with germination after planting his proso acres this spring.

Having planted around Memorial Day (late May), a month later it’s time to start considering post-emerge applications. Typically around the first week of July Bishop goes in with a post-emerge application of Brox® 2EC, 2,4-D Amine Herbicide (Shredder) and a round of Nutricia nitrogen-fixing bacteria to terminate any broadleaves that are posing a threat to his proso acres this season.

Compared to other crops, Bishop does not need to apply an insecticide to his proso millet acres, as he believes the PNW environment is still just getting used to this crop, so insects haven’t been an issue for him.

Overall, his crop is thriving, and he is looking forward to his second year of harvest coming in late September! Be sure to check back in for an update from him later this season.

For more information on in-season management for your proso millet acres, check out this article!

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