Pearl Millet for Summer Grazing and Drought Tolerance

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0:04 Hi guys, my name is No Yong. I'm a sales and marketing intern here at Green Cover.

0:09 See we just want to make a short video to describe one of our favorite summer cover crops, pearl millet.

0:15 Hey, I'm Jake and Burns and I'm also a sales intern here at Green Cover Seed this summer, and what we really like.

0:21 About pearl millet is that it's very heat and drought tolerance it'll grow really well in areas that don't have a

0:27 Lot of available moisture, it'll grow well in areas with fifteen to twenty-five inches of annual rainfall and

0:34 Typically a pearl millet will grow around three to six feet tall which makes it an excellent grazing option.

0:39 Livestock and poultry producers are really taking an interest in this because it has six to seven percent more.

0:52 Seeds per pound very similar. This organ in the sense that it's low maintenance, but it actually uses less nitrogen in.

0:59 The soil than sorghum plus you don't have to worry about prussic acid. This can be grazed at any point in its.

1:06 Life and you don't have to worry about prussic acid poisoning whatsoever. This is just kind of a short description.

1:11 About pearl millet if you want to learn more call our office at 402-469-6784 and talk to one of our salesmen or visit our website at greencover.com and stay tuned on our social media pages to see more videos like this in the future. Cheers.