About Us

The mission of the High Plains Millet Association is to provide sustainability to the millet industry through research, production and marketing.

(Millet includes but is not limited to proso millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and finger millet.)

The objectives and purpose are as follows:

(A) Research

  1. Breeding for improved varieties and germplas
  2. Improved agronomic production management
  3. Improved product development
  4. Extension

(B) Farm Production

  1. Improved yield
  2. Improved quality
  3. Enhanced organic and conventional production practices

(C) Marketing

  1. Education
  2. Promotion
  3. New end-uses
  4. Sales

(D) To advance the use and adoption of the millet crop in rotations with conventional crops.

(E) To provide a unified voice to represent the millet crop industry at the local, state and national levels of government.

(F) To do any and all things lawful and necessary to advance the millet crop industry.

Bylaws of High Plains Millet Association (amendments adopted on 11-16-2017).pdf