Seven tips to succeed with combining peas

摘要

Combinable pea drilling is well under way across the UK, and fanners will need to be on top of their agronomy if crops are to perform, in what could prove to be a challenging season for the pulse.Some farmers have replaced a proportion of their failed oilseed rape with the spring crop, with the hope of salvaging some income, as good-performing crops can reward growers with good profits to be made. However, they are sensitive to compaction, and after such a wet winter, there have been challenges with creating good seed-beds, especially where peas are replacing failed oilseed rape, acknowledges independent pea consultant Keith Costello.