Which states grow the most millet (the tiny round grain in birdseed)? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→3 in order
I bet… a big corn state like Iowa — birds gotta eat, right? 🐤
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The real order is…
Colorado grows about 3.12× as much as #2 Nebraska!
📚 BackgroundThat little round seed in a wild-bird feeder? It's mostly proso millet. It's also one of the world's oldest food grains, and it grows fast on very little water. That's why it wins on the high, dry plains: Colorado grows more than two-thirds of America's proso millet, and only a few states publish any at all.(USDA NASS Quick Stats)
I bet… a big corn state like Iowa — birds gotta eat, right? 🐤
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Proso millet grown (bushels, 2024)
🇺🇸 United States (national)14,061,000 bu
Colorado#19,913,000 bu
Most: Colorado (9,913,000 bu); least shown here: South Dakota (966,000 bu).
Note: measured in bushels of proso millet. Only states that publish a value are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.