Raising peas in Manitoba

Russ from MN · May 1, 2017

I was just talking to my 90 year old cousin, and he said they are planting peas, but he is not sure how they are used, does anyone know? they didn't raise them when he was farming, but now they are raising soybeans and other more profitable crops. I can't help but wonder who raises the wheat in the world now. The farmers around our cabin say you don't make enough raising wheat to pay for the fertilizer! When my dad was ready to retire in 76 we were selling lots of wheat to the Russians and it was very profitable, so he sold the farm, perfect timing!

JimB2 · May 1, 2017

Hi Russ, my cousins in southern Alberta sometime plant some peas. I do not know who buys them. All I know is they are not pick as green peas but are combined as dry peas.

JimN

Russ from MN · May 1, 2017

Yes, that's what my cousin said, they let them completely dry and then combine them.

rusty6 · May 1, 2017

Yes, peas have to be hard and dry as stones before combining. I don't have any personal experience growing them as I don't like to get my header down on the ground and pick up dirt, rocks and whatever, but some years there is good money growing them. Wet harvests can be a problem as they will mould and rot on the ground as you wait for them to dry.
I'm the guy growing some of the wheat in the world but my small farm won't feed many. I've grown it since I started farming over 40 years ago and its still my favourite crop to grow. Profitable? I think I"m making a little more than expenses most years so thats ok.

Bruce from Can. · May 1, 2017

Plenty of Wheat grown in Ont. Can. Cash crop growers here do a three crop rotation Corn , soy then Wheat planted into the soy stubble.

unc · May 1, 2017

....give peas a chance....

bradley martin · May 2, 2017

I believe that a large percentage of them are exported to India for human consumption. There is a popular spread/dip type food called hummus made from them. Lower quality ones are used as a protein source in animal feed.

RM-MN · May 2, 2017

Have you ever eaten pea soup? Those peas don't come as garden variety peas but from "field peas". That's the crop they are trying to raise.
Field peas defined

showcrop · May 2, 2017

My good friend Jason here in NH sells the peas to the Chinese. He lived in China for some time, learned the language, and married a nice Chinese girl. They live in the next town but go back to china for four months every three-four years.

steve706 · May 2, 2017

Bruce is right, head to Ontario and you'll find all the wheat you'll ever need. This year it is on all sides of me, so it's more like living on the prairies than in western Ontario.....boring view with no crop variety.

cjunrau · May 2, 2017

Here in parts of Manitoba they get grown with or without another crop. Mixed with canola makes them taller as well. They are used almost extensively for animal feed Much like soy beans

Tech 7 · May 2, 2017

I often sow peas with my oat crop 80% oats, 10% peas. The peas are hard and dry by the time the oats ripen. I use the oats/peas with corn for feed, the oats are home grown protein.

Determined · May 2, 2017

-Some for human consumption

-High protein makes good animal feed

-Deer will come from miles around to scrape through the snow to find any the combine missed

-Geese will choose a pea stubble field over anything else

-Make there own nitrogen so they are an economical crop to work into rotation.

-Usually seeded and harvested early

-As Tech 7 said, seed some with oats for some real nice cattle feed, they will climb the oats and really fill in well
Makes for some nice fall grazing if not baled

fixerupper · May 2, 2017

I hauled a combine to a farmer in central Saskatchewan who used it to harvest peas. They are a little like a soybean but a little more pale colored. The seed is perfectly round and hard as a rock. I would hate to walk on a bin floor with a few of them scattered on the floor.

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