pea straw

[roscoe erf]

pea straw any thoughts feed or bed beef cattle

 

[Derrick Hughes]

We sold tons of pea, vining pea in a good year is as good hay in a bad year it's full of dirt and ain't worth having, combine pea if well got is ok if poorly got its shite and not worth having, the point is it vary so much, better to buy hay and probably no dearer for you, what price is it ?

 

[John 1594]

i conventional baled some for a chap couple of years ago, he was using them for cattle feed, ok if the peas were standing and combined well, awful if they flat and had lots of soil taken through the combine with them, hard to get much weight in a conventional, i had springs wound right up and full set of hay wedges, was getting 20-25kgs per bale

 

[roscoe erf]

We sold tons of pea, vining pea in a good year is as good hay in a bad year it's full of dirt and ain't worth having, combine pea if well got is ok if poorly got its shite and not worth having, the point is it vary so much, better to buy hay and probably no dearer for you, what price is it ?

no idea of price but have a opportunity to have some this season just wondered if it was worth it

 

[Derrick Hughes]

If its vining pea got well yes, don't get to excited about the other stuff . It's usually price £10 more than wheat

 

[Exfarmer]

grab as much as you can get
if got well it is as good as good barley straw
i have seen it full of peas which are good digestible protein

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

I grew peas for a few years and the oul fella used the straw to bed cattle, he thought it was great as it soaked up so much p*ss. better then ordinary straw for that.