Hailed yellow peas question

[mcfarms]

Unfortunately our place was beat up pretty badly by hail on Monday night, most fields that were hit were a combination of heavy rain , high wind and hail one of the fields was a very good crop of yellow peas under a pivot so tall and very lush that had no colour change to it quite yet with pods or seed yet the peas are firm and probably
about 10 days from starting changing, they are however about 60 percent damaged and a solid mat about 8 inches thick and extremely wet underneath from the 1.5 inches of rain on a field that was close to capacity .
Are these going to change colour or just rot?
Forecast calling for temps in high 20s but also potentially showers again next week.
Thoughts.
Leave em and see or silage bales?

[BreadWinner]

I had that happen once and the sample was feed when we combined them, everywhere a pod was hit the seed was damaged. If you can silage I would think this would be the best option.

[blackpowder]

From memory, air getting in the pod, seeds get infected.

[sumdumguy]

Hail damages and opens the pods and stem to mold and bacteria, therefore decay. It would help if hail adjusters are trained to understand the damage caused. Basically, if hail is creating many deep lesions, the field should be a write-off.

[blackpowder]

After rereading your post and considering the price of cattle. I'd wrap them up for sure. Leave your strips for adjusters. They might be 2 months to get there lol. Might be surprised at your margin afterwards.

[tubs]

Hail on peas is a disaster we were hailed 3 years ago a decent crop coming worked some under and left some better areas, the better areas yielded 2 bushels.

[mcfarms]

Thanks for the replies going to do 500-600 and either leave the rest out of curiosity and see what we'll see and just either vt them or if they don't go all mold throw the cows in. Have done 4010 peas with Triticale years ago into the pit but when we quit backgrounding our calves the chopper got sold and replaced with the wrapper for small amounts(200-300 bales) of oat silage for replacements etc. or a situation like this where the hay got smoked as well and we need tonnage from something else.