Foxtail millet is the third largest crop among the millets, cultivated for food in semi-arid tropics of Asia. Foxtail or Italian millet may well have unrealized potential for grain production. It forms a slender, erect, leafy stem varying in height from 1-5 feet. Seeds are borne in a spike-like, compressed panicle resembling yellow foxtail, green foxtail, or giant foxtail. The grains are very similar to paddy rice in grain structure. It also grows well on loamy or alluvial and clayey soils. Foxtail rice grown in dharmapuri district the state of Tamilnadu. The maturity duration in foxtail millet varies from 60 to 100 days, but most of the popular varieties mature in 75-85 days.