谷子在我省有悠久的栽培历史,全省谷子播种面积约170万亩。由于它具有抗旱、耐瘠的优良特性,因而能适应我省的干旱气候条件,特别适种于中部干旱地区。小米的蛋白质含量9—14％,脂肪3—4.6％,营养价值很高;谷草又是牲畜的优质饲草,所以历来深受群众喜爱。五十年代和六十年代初,谷子面积约占中部地区粮田播种面积的10％。后来在极左思潮影响下,谷子首当其冲被认为是低产作物雨受到排挤,播种面积不断压缩,致使作物布局混乱,比例失调。就定西地区来说,过去谷子播种面积约70万亩,到 Millet in our province has a long history of cultivation, the province sown area of ​​about 1.7 million mu of millet. Due to its excellent characteristics of drought resistance and barrenness, it can adapt to the arid climatic conditions in our province and is especially suitable for drought in central China. Millet protein content of 9-14%, 3-4.6% fat, high nutritional value; straw grass is livestock forage quality, it has always been popular favorite. In the 1950s and early 1960s, the area of ​​millet accounted for about 10% of the sown area of ​​grain in the central region. Later, under the influence of the ultra-leftist trend, millet was the first to be considered a low-yielding crop and crowded. The sowing area was constantly shrinking, causing the layout of crops to be confused and imbalanced. In the case of Dingxi, the past millet sown area was about 70 million mu