Minor millets tend to be the forgotten stepchild in university crops research. Therefore, it may be best to compare each minor millet's weed, pest and diseases with the crop intended to be replaced (i.e. proso placed in rotation with hard red spring wheat, canola, and sunflowers; foxtail millet grain production in rotation with hard red winter wheat, soybeans, and corn; Japanese millet in rotation with corn, soybeans, and soft red winter wheat; and etc.).