Reynald Gauthier, aka 'The Millet King,' a Manitoba farmer who has been growing millets for over three decades, is hoping this will be the breakthrough year for the grain in Canada.
BNN BloombergIt’s known as a healthy and nutritious super-grain in many parts of the world, but in Canada, millets are often thought of as animal feed or bird seed.
Millets are small-seeded grasses rich in protein, fibre and essential minerals. They are warm weather crops with low fertilizer and irrigation needs. Over 30 million tonnes of millets are produced annually worldwide, with Canada currently accounting for a negligible amount of this production, where it is grown mostly in the Prairies and in Ontario.
After selling millets from his farm as bird food for the first 10 years, he decided to switch to selling millet seeds after prices crashed to about six cents per pound after 2000. He set up Millet King Seeds in 2004, and six years later it became Millet King Foods, as Gauthier’s ambitions for the grain grew.
“Oh, I just love the millet crop,” Gauthier said. He added, “You seed it later in the year and you can work your land and you’re killing any diseases that’s in it. My ground is so rich by seeding millets over the years, it’s just incredible. My ground is very healthy right now.”
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