What is this crop?

[asirimarco]

The Internet is staying on for awhile so I'll pop in and say Hi - Also wanted to know if anyone knows what this crop is.

lots of it growing in Kansas. between 1 and 2 feet tall with that rust colored bloom? on top.
Have been keeping up my blog when I can connect. Enjoying the trip so far. Taking it easy. Tomorrow we will be in Colorado. Into an area we haven't explored yet. So then will start spending some time at each stop.
Getting used to Jennie - but haven't cooked anything yet. Maybe tonight.
Going to post this before Internet goes POOF

[avalen]

hi there Carol, can't really tell what the foliage part of it looks like, but that rust colored
bloom reminds me of maize. Its a cattle feed, kinda like corn only shorter, or it could
even be millet, although millet is a bit darker.

[Orchid]

I can't see the actual plant too well, but by the color I"d guess it to be sorghum. If the plant looks like a short corn stalk but the brown flower sticks up where the tassle on the corn stalk would be, then it's sorghum. I have a field of it near me.
Cheryl

[avalen]

yea, sorghum was the other word I was thinking of, thanks Orchid, I do believe it
looks like sorghum, and I think sorghum and maize are very similiar crops. Think
I'll just have to go do some googleing

[snowball]

showed this to dh and he said should know it but it's not coming to me so I started reading the others and he agreed with Sorgham
he was born in the midwest so guess I'll trust that I don't know I was born in the west!!!
Sheila

[dpf]

Sometimes it's called "milo" too.

[AlmostThere]

Sorghum was my first guess, too.

[asirimarco]

Thank you all for the info - I asked today and it is sorghum. And they grow it right by where we live in Indiana too. Just had never seen so much of it before.