PlantFiles: Wild Proso Millet
Panicum miliaceum

White proso millet is the favorite food of painted buntings which is a threatened bird species. The birds are colorful with the males coated in green, blue and red while juvenile and females are green. The eastern ones which roam South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida through the summer and can be found in South Florida in the winter. I’m currently trying to grow some proso millet from seed purchased for my feeder. Hopefully will have some success.

From Scott Seed: "White Proso Millet is mainly grown in Colorado and Dakotas. It has little importance in the South, and does not produce much seed in this area. Produced primarily on large acreage Midwest acreage for use in bird feed mixtures (Millions of pounds) and for livestock feed. The white and red varieties are leading types planted. "