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Foxtail Millet vs Proso Millet

Both are Millet. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Foxtail Millet Proso Millet

Measure Foxtail Millet Proso Millet
Season Kharif Kharif · Zaid
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul, Feb
Days to harvest 70–90 60–75
Spacing 25 × 10 cm 25 × 10 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.0 5.5–7.5
Water 250–400 200–350
Temperature °C 20–30 20–30
Seed rate 8–10 kg 10–12 kg
Yield 1.5–2 t 1–1.5 t
Watch for Blast, shoot fly Shoot fly, head smut

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Other millet, side by side

Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Proso Millet Jun–Jul, Feb 60–75 5.5–7.5 20–30 1–1.5 t
Browntop Millet Jun–Jul 60–75 5.5–7.5 25–33 0.8–1.2 t
Japanese Millet Jun–Jul 60–80 5.5–7.5 22–32 1.5–2 t
Foxtail Millet Jun–Jul 70–90 5.5–7.0 20–30 1.5–2 t
Little Millet Jun–Jul 70–90 5.5–7.5 22–32 0.8–1.2 t
Pearl Millet (Bajra) Jun–Jul 75–90 6.5–7.8 25–35 2–3 t
Barnyard Millet Jun–Jul 75–90 5.5–7.0 22–30 1–1.5 t
Sorghum (Jowar) Jun–Jul, Sep–Oct 100–120 6.0–7.5 26–32 2.5–4 t
Finger Millet (Ragi) Jun–Jul 100–120 5.0–7.5 20–30 2–3 t
Kodo Millet Jun–Jul 100–120 5.5–7.5 25–32 1–1.5 t

All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →