Millet is a Gramineae crop and an annual cultivated herb of Panicum.

Millet is a gramineous crop, and its alias is glutinous rice. Millet originated in the north of China, and has been cultivated since prehistoric times. It has become people's staple food since the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Therefore, in ancient China, the country was called a country, the community meant land, and the millet meant food, which shows the important position of millet in ancient people's lives.

millet has the advantages of high drought and heat resistance, insect resistance and short growth period, and is one of the main food crops in the arid areas of northern China. Now it is mainly planted in the northeast of China and the northwest of Fengkou in North China.

millet is an annual cultivated herb. The culm is stout, erect, solitary or a few clustered, 6-12cm high, sometimes branched, densely bearded at nodes, with warty hairs under nodes. Leaf sheaths are loose and hairy by warts; The ligule is about 1mm long and has cilia about 2mm long; Leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 1-3cm long and 1.5cm wide, pilose or hairless, with rough edges.

Millet is a small grain with a 1-grain weight of 3-8g. The processed rice is also rich in nutrition, including protein 9.6%, fat .9%, carbohydrate 76.3%, crude fiber 1.%, and rich in minerals and vitamins.

There are many ways to eat millet. When it is ground into rice, it can be called "millet rice", steamed rice and porridge, and when it is ground into flour, it can be called "millet noodles", which can be used as cakes or other snacks. Chinese Mongolians often use millet as fried rice. The professional standard of millet is graded by bulk density, and there are three grades of millet.