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Peas are a notoriously difficult crop to grow, but experience through YEN suggests they can shine a light on limitations across the rotation. CPM visits an Oxon grower who’s looking to gain an insight. The crop’s sometimes referred to as the canary down the mine. By Tom Allen-Stevens There’s something to be said for the satisfaction you get from a well established, even pea crop – one that’s set its stride and appears to have everything it needs to fulfil its potential. That’s probably why David Passmore is only too pleased to bring you to his crop, that sits like a thick, sprung mattress across his shallow soils, lying over chalk near Wallingford, Oxon. “Peas are a crop you either love or hate,” he says. Get a pea crop right and it can be immensely rewarding. “They’re probably not for the huge farming enterprises with just one combine, that need crops to fit their system. But if you’re someone who celebrates that they’ve drilled or harvested on the right day, it’s a crop that can be immensely rewarding.” For David, for whom peas have been part of the rotation for the past ten years, those are the two days…
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