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===Geographical distribution=== In the United States, as of 2015, the total cultivated area of proso millet was {{Convert|204,366|ha}}, mostly in the [[Great Plains]] states.<ref name="2017 review"/> The top three producers in 2015 were Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota, with {{Convert|109,265|ha}}, {{Convert|42,492|ha}}, and {{Convert|28,328|ha}}.<ref name="2017 review">{{cite journal|volume=7|year=2017 |last1=Habiyaremye|first1=Cedric|last2=Matanguihan|first2=Janet B.|last3=D'Alpoim Guedes|first3=Jade|last4=Ganjyal|first4=Girish M.|last5=Whiteman|first5=Michael R.|last6=Kidwell|first6=Kimberlee K.|last7=Murphy|first7=Kevin M.|journal=[[Frontiers in Plant Science]]|s2cid=10022987|pmc=5220228|pmid=28119699|doi=10.3389/fpls.2016.01961|title= Proso Millet (''Panicum miliaceum'' L.) and Its Potential for Cultivation in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.: A Review |page=1961 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Historically grown as animal and bird seed, as of 2020, it has found a market as an organic gluten-free grain.<ref name="DP73020">{{cite news |author1=Daliah Singer |title=Colorado's hottest grain is gluten-free, nutrient-dense, great in beer and about to be your new fav pantry staple Colorado produces the most millet in the country. But what exactly is it? |url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/07/30/millet-grain-colorado/242449/ |access-date=July 30, 2020 |work=The [[Denver Post]]|date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> Proso millet is one of the few types of millet not cultivated in Africa.<ref>{{cite book |author=National Research Council |title=Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains |url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2305&page=260 |access-date=2008-07-18 |volume=1 |date=1996-02-14 |publisher= [[National Academies Press]] |isbn=978-0-309-04990-0 |doi= 10.17226/2305|page=260 |chapter=Ebony |chapter-url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2305&page=252 }}</ref>
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