Vining Peas vs Pulses

[joniemaximus]

Its the harvest time of the year and I've noticed quite a few local fields still with Vining Peas. My experience is dealing with Pulses and i know historically the 2 crops haven't been interchangeable. I'm just wondering if someone with more experience than me could highlight why bypassed Vining Peas haven't historically been left to dry for use in compounding.

I'm guessing the higher sugar content may make them unpalatable without changing recipes further down the process but wonder what i'm missing.

 

[WillYorkshire]

Vining peas as a dried crop is low yielding.
They are 'wrinkled' peas, not attractive to a buyer.
They go down flat on the ground usually, so difficult to harvest and tend to pick up a lot of soil and/or stones.
The above generally means a discounted price and poor return.
Some are harvested. Some for seed but not easy in the North as tend to be late., germination can be poor.
Harvest clashes with wheat.
Sure there are more. I was ceo of vining pea coop for 25 yrs, rarely had good result from bypassed peas.We tended to just give the crop to the grower to do with as he wished, with the exception of making seed obviously. Most just cultivated them into soil.

 

[joniemaximus]

Thank you that's a brilliantly detailed answer, i'm in the South East but i'm guessing the results would be the same. I know a lot of the local farmers are now trying to shift as much as they can before the factories switch in the next few weeks.

 

[WillYorkshire]

Thank you that's a brilliantly detailed answer, i'm in the South East but i'm guessing the results would be the same. I know a lot of the local farmers are now trying to shift as much as they can before the factories switch in the next few weeks.

Allegedly makes good fodder as haylage but I know little about that other than it gets a sometimes bulky crop out of the way!