No Till Notes: Field Pea harvest

Field pea production on our farm this year proved to be interesting, much like all the other crops we're growing. With all the abundant moisture you would hope this would equate to bumper yields. Other growing factors such as hail, cold spring temperatures, late snow storms, late freezes, and disease made growing the field pea crop a challenge.

On our farm the field pea yields ranged from 0-70 bushels per acre depending on circumstances. I have heard of some very good yields this year around the Panhandle. I heard of dry land field peas making 81 bushels per acre in the Gurley area, and 75...