As teff is our millet-of-the-month in November, hereis an article on this year's harvest. It's a month and a half old, but I don't see any more recent takes....
"Idaho teff crop looks good as harvest continues," by Brad Carlson, Capital Press, 23 Sep. 2024 https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/grains/idaho-teff-crop-looks-good-as-harvest-continues/article_1a4df6ee-7a01-11ef-85b8-5b27ec51d070.html Much of the article discusses the experiences of growers in Idaho and other states contracting with Boise-based The Teff Company (Maskal Teff https://teffco.com/ ), which has been generally positive. In 2024, the Teff Co. increase the contracted acreage of teff by 50% to over 2000 acres, per its farmer relations manager, Charlie Fereday. Another major company working with growers in Nevada and elsewhere, is Minneapolis-based Selam Foods Inc. ( https://selamfoods.com/ ). According to the article, Selam's owner, Tesfa Drar, decided not to contract with teff growers this year, since they still have the grain in stock from an excellent harvest in 2023. Grain teff is clearly a crop that does well several parts of North America. The market for it - beyond communities of Ethiopian and Eritrean heritage that know it well - is still young, but one with interesting potential as this tiny grain becomes more familiar to consumers and food processing companies. The Teff Co. / Maskal website has a nice intro to teff geared to people not familiar with the grain: https://teffco.com/what-is-teff/ (along with other pages under "Learn" in the top menu bar). Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
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