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Tops are dense almost fluffy looking clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long. Tops droop in a form that resembles a foxes tail. Lovely waving growth characteristic when caught by a breeze in the garden. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom our friends at Adaptive Seeds who obtained it while on their Seed Ambassadors Project by The Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture in Dotnuva, Lithuania, who wrote that \u003cem\u003e“the breeder there had been working with millets since long before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the birds at the zoo prefer his varieties.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFoxtail millet has a hull which is quite difficult to remove and as such used for the applications above more often than human consumption. Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had \"a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies\". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. 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Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had \"a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies\". 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Seed heads are dense clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long in a drooping form that resembles a fox's tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed).  Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had \"a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies\". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. 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Seed has a hull that is difficult to remove, so they are more commonly grown for floral arrangements and birdseed. There are 4 major types of millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed). Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had \"a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies\". 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Plant is a tropical grass that resembles corn until seed heads form that rise 8-12’ above the grown like a valiant torch to the sun. Densely packed bluish ivory seeds cluster around the stem and grow from 10-20” long. 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Raji is a staple food in many regions of the state. Raji is a frost sensitive grass that grows to about 30” tall and can be planted at 12” spacing. This crop has excellent storage properties and is resistant to the outbreak of pests. \u003c\/span\u003eRaji is full of calcium, protein, and amino acids and is cooked and eaten much as rice is in drier regions of the world where rice will not grow easily. Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. Grain is naturally hulless and easy to grow on a homestead scale for food, poultry feed and decorative accents to bouquets. 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