It has such a nice color when it matures.
It’s a grain, like corn, but a much shorter plant, and the kernels it produces are in the blooms on top, not down on cobs like corn. It is harvested as a grain crop and used in people food (It’s gluten free), cattle feed, and silage. Some of it gets processed for ethanol. There is a lot of it here. It’s drought tolerant and likes the heat of South Texas.