Browntop Millet Seeds (Urochloa ramosa) Quick-growing summer grass for hay or wildlife plots. Improves soil, attracts doves and game birds, and suppresses weeds.

$2.49

Minimum: 500+ Seeds

Browntop Millet is a fast-growing warm-season annual prized for its dual utility—excellent forage or hay production and outstanding value in wildlife food plots. Its quick maturity and low input needs make it a go-to choice for hunters, homesteaders, and regenerative growers.

Whether you’re attracting doves, quail, turkey, or game birds, or you’re planting to smother weeds and enrich your soil, Browntop Millet delivers. It grows in poor soils, tolerates drought, and is perfect for short rotations or soil rehab between crops.


🌱 Why Choose Browntop Millet?

  • 🐦 Wildlife Favorite: Attracts doves, game birds, and upland wildlife

  • 🌞 Quick Maturity: Ready to seed in just 60–70 days

  • 🌿 Soil Builder: Adds biomass and improves structure in tired soils

  • 🔄 Weed Suppression: Dense canopy chokes out competition

  • 🌾 Flexible Use: Great for hay, silage, or green manure

  • 🚜 Low Maintenance: Grows well with minimal fertilizer in hot climates


🐓 Best Uses:

  • Wildlife food plots for dove, turkey, and upland game birds

  • Fast-growing hay or emergency forage

  • Summer soil cover between spring and fall crops

  • Erosion control on slopes and disturbed land

  • Weed suppression in organic or no-till systems


🌿 Planting & Growing Info:

  • Botanical Name: Urochloa ramosa

  • Type: Warm-season annual grass

  • Sunlight: Full sun

  • Soil: Adaptable; grows well in sandy or poor soils

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

  • Planting Depth: ¼ inch

  • Best Time to Plant: Late spring through midsummer

  • Zones: USDA 6–11

  • Days to Maturity: 60–70

  • Height: 2–4 feet


🌾 Pro Tips:

  • Broadcast into prepared soil for best results; lightly drag to cover

  • Pair with sunflowers or cowpeas in wildlife blends

  • Cut early for finer hay, or let mature fully for seed drop in food plots

  • Avoid replanting the same field year after year to reduce volunteer issues


🐦 Fast Growth. Feathered Visitors. Fertile Soil.

With Browntop Millet Seeds, you get a hard-working summer crop that’s as good for your soil and hayfield as it is for your wildlife plot. Plant it, walk away, and watch the field come alive—above and below the soil.