German Millet Seeds (Setaria italica) Fast-growing summer annual with high yield. Excellent forage or hay option with drought tolerance and soil-boosting benefits.

Minimum: 500+ Seeds

German Millet is a quick-growing warm-season annual grass ideal for high-quality hay, grazing, or green manure. It matures rapidly—often ready to harvest in just 45–70 days—and thrives in hot, dry climates, making it a go-to choice for late-season planting or emergency forage.

With its fine stems and leafiness, German Millet is particularly palatable to horses, cattle, sheep, and goats, and can also serve as a soil-enhancing cover crop that suppresses weeds and adds organic matter.

🌿 Why Grow German Millet?

• 🌞 Quick Maturity: Excellent option for double cropping or fast turnaround

• 🐄 High-Quality Forage: Soft stems and leaves make ideal hay or pasture

• 💧 Drought-Tolerant: Thrives with minimal water

• 🌱 Soil Friendly: Boosts biomass and suppresses weeds

• 🔁 Flexible Use: Ideal for hay, silage, grazing, or cover cropping

• 🐎 Horse-Approved: Low risk of nitrate toxicity and prussic acid

🚜 Best For:

• Hay producers needing fast, clean forage

• Livestock operations looking for summer grazing

• Dryland farms and water-restricted regions

• Organic systems seeking cover crop rotation

• Emergency or gap forage between main crops

🌱 Planting & Growing Info:

• Botanical Name: Setaria italica

• Type: Warm-season annual grass

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Seeding Rate: 25–30 lbs/acre (broadcast), 15–20 lbs/acre (drilled)

• Planting Depth: ½ inch

• Soil: Well-drained; tolerates various soil types

• Zones: USDA Zones 3–10

• Height: 2–5 ft

• Days to Maturity: 45–70 days

🧠 Pro Tips:

• Do not allow to mature too far—cut in early heading stage for best forage value

• Not frost-tolerant; plant after all danger of frost

• Avoid over-fertilization to minimize lodging

• Great rotational crop with legumes or brassicas for improved soil health

🌾 Fast Forage That Works as Hard as You Do

From dry pastures to urgent hay needs, German Millet brings speed, resilience, and high nutrition to any operation. Perfect for livestock farmers, homesteaders, and regenerative growers, this adaptable annual gets the job done—naturally.