What is the main use of millet in the United States?

What is the main use of millet in the United States?

• A. Mostly used as bird feed
• B. Used for human flour
• C. Used as livestock forage
• D. Used as biofuel

Answer: (A)

Millet in the United States is primarily grown and marketed for bird feed. Its small, inexpensive seeds make it ideal for birdseed mixes sold to pet owners and wildlife feeders, so the major demand comes from the consumer pet/bird market rather than other uses. While millet can be processed into flour for human consumption, used as forage, or explored as a biofuel source, those applications are far less significant in the U.S.—biofuel and human food markets favor other crops, and millet forage is not the dominant driver of production. So the main use is bird feed.

Millet in the United States is primarily grown and marketed for bird feed. Its small, inexpensive seeds make it ideal for birdseed mixes sold to pet owners and wildlife feeders, so the major demand comes from the consumer pet/bird market rather than other uses. While millet can be processed into flour for human consumption, used as forage, or explored as a biofuel source, those applications are far less significant in the U.S.—biofuel and human food markets favor other crops, and millet forage is not the dominant driver of production. So the main use is bird feed.