Organic Peas & Pea Mixes
Organic farmers are using field peas as a non-GMO protein source, as a companion with oats or barley for forage, or as a nitrogen-fixing plowdown covercrop.
Organic Succotash*
- Our succotash is a mixture of well-adapted oats, barley, and spring wheat
- Well suited for hay or combining
- Good standing
- Higher protein than straight oats
- Should be swathed before combining to allow grain to mature evenly
- Best results when swathed according to oats maturity
- Seed 80-100 lbs/acre in early spring
- Blend 70 lbs of peas with 1 bag of succotash for excellent forage or feed
Organic Oat/4010 Pea Mixture
- Our oat/pea mixture is an approximately 55-45 blend (by weight) of a tall, good-standing oat variety with a leafy, forage pea
- This mixture is intended for forage or silage only; not suitable for grain
- When cutting for silage, try to cut when the oats are at the boot stage to maximize forage value
- Can be underseeded with alfalfa (use the lower seeding rate)
- Seed 100-200 lbs/acre in early spring, approximately 2 in. deep
Organic Barley/DS Admiral Pea Mixture
- Our barley/pea mixture is a mix of about 50% dual purpose field peas and 50% Robust barley (by weight)
- When swathed and combined, this makes an excellent animal feed that has much higher protein than straight small grain
- When cutting for silage, try to cut before the barley heads out (boot stage) to maximize forage value
- Can be underseeded with alfalfa (use the lower seeding rate)
- Seed 150-200 lbs/acre in early spring approximately 2 in. deep
Organic DS Admiral Peas
- DS Admiral Peas are a dual-purpose yellow pea with high grain yields and very good tonnage as a forage crop
- An excellent standing, taller pea
- Rated easier to combine by NDSU
- About the same maturity as Miami and Mozart peas but are more uniform in maturity (50 days to bloom)
- Seed 50-100 lbs/acre with 75-100 lbs/acre of small grain for grain or forage production. Seed 150-200 lbs/acre straight for grain production
Organic 4010 Forage Peas
- 4010 Forage Peas are speckled forage peas that produce significantly more biomass than DS Admiral
- Excellent forage yields and standability
- Taller than Trapper peas
- Not suitable for grain production
- Provides exceptional nutrition when chopped in combination with a small grain
- Seed 50-100 lbs/acre with 75-100 lbs/acre of small grain for forage
Organic Yellow Peas*
- Good yielding dual-purpose pea suitable for grain or forage
- Good standing and high quality grain yields
- Good quality and yield as a forage crop