Setaria italica

Foxtail millet, Boer millet, Nunbank setaria

Fast-growing fine stemmed and leafy annual cereal that may be cut for hay or for zero grazing within 50 days of sowing or used as pasture and green fodder. The seed is used as bird feed. The feed value is greatest from bloom until milk stage. Many varieties, especially the dwarf variety, are used for grain only.

							As % of dry matter
						DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ref
Fresh, 8 weeks, Israel						35.6	9.0	33.7	10.1	2.2	45.0	365
Hay, South Africa							7.6	45.1	9.7	1.7	35.9	489
							Digestibility (%)
					Animal		CP	CF	EE	NFE	ME	Ref
Fresh, 8 weeks					Sheep		55.0	60.0	53.0	66.0	2.11	365
Hay					Sheep		57.2	65.5	47.3	58.1	2.07	489