Pea seed - not a good situation..

[freewheat]

I cleaned seed for quite a few years. I used augers. No complaints whatsoever.

[sumdumguy]

Belt conveyors in pulse cleaning plant. Possible damage in the intake leg but bin ladders helped too. 3 stories with no augers between machines is the pulse plant I like.

[nicolaas]

Seeded peas for 20 years, no conveyers, augers only, no problem. Just run them slow and full. Seed at 180 - 190 lbs/acre. It sounds like a roundup issue with this seed, or the bin heated over the winter? Lots of juicy grasshopper corpses?

[nicolaas]

another thing, do not try to clean 11% peas, you will end up with lots of splits. 14% and up is good moisture for quality.

[furrowtickler]

Our seed peas are ok, just passing on info from what is happening else where.
After loosing 80% of our pea crop to root rot in 2014 we have not pre priced a bus - and likely wont

[sumdumguy]

Protect that seed because it looks like demand will be there.

[Klause]

We are pouring more money to our peas than ever... with decent moisture we have no problem hitting 75. At 10 bux kaching! !!!

[riders2010]

You hit 75 every year? no wonder you like the move from Manitoba. but what are you pouring on your peas to get 75?

[farmaholic]

Klause, just a word of caution, don't count those chickens before they hatch....thats Industries job!

[Klause]

We don't count on them... 45 is what we bank on... and I didn't say every year but this will be 5 years of peas here and we had 1 crop under 45 here in Sask.


We have done very well with them and they grow well in this area... Cool flowering seasons and ample moisture... That's the #1 reason