Peas are incredibly versatile. The best field pea depends on your goals, but whether you want to harvest for grain, improve soil health as a cover crop, or provide a high-protein livestock forage/silage, we have a pea or pea mixture to meet your need.

FIELD PEAS

Planted early, field peas grow tall and leafy, and are tolerant to frost & drought.

Best Use: Can be grazed or harvested for grain or silage.

Requirements: Avoid wet ground. Prefers cool weather. Reduce planting rates when using as a cover crop for perennial forages. Inoculate before planting. Plant peas deep 1.5″ to 3″ deep.

Management: One-cut/graze crop; allow growth for maximum forage yield. Must be swathed for optimum grain yield.

Planting Date: March – April or Aug 1 – Sept 15 (southern MN). If spring seeding, seed as early as possible.

Seeding: 50-75 lbs/acre along with 75-100 lbs/acre of small grain for forage or 150-200 lbs/acre alone for grain.