On one of my farms, with Ag adjacent to the milo, they barely touch it unless there is heavy snow cover. On my other farm, 2 miles away, they eat 4 acres of it in a plot surrounded by big timber.
I wouldn't cut milo. I mow corn in MO with good luck. I mowed some trails through milo for visibility. They used it for travel, but would mainly eat in the standing milo.
MDC is funded by a portion of the state's sales tax, out of any control of the legislature, as I understand it. Every couple of years some legislator becomes angry with someone at MDC and tries to change their funding.