Pea seed - not a good situation..

[furrowtickler]

Pea germ has dropped big time , and Alot of guys fubard with 40 bus/AC contracts .

[furrowtickler]

Stuff that at 90 ish is 60-50 after cleaning . And it's all over

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

Another reason not to sell something you don't have yet.

[furrowtickler]

Apearantly it's a very wide problem - could shake some nerves in the market . There is virtually no yellow peas left let alone good seed

[farmaholic]

Cleaned ours Feb 27.

Went on test March 4.

94% Germ.

87% Cold Vigor.

Grown under droughty conditions so disease free.

We should be good, will lose some more germ to handling though, no belts...

[furrowtickler]

The worst seems to be cleaned the last month or so - again just a heads up .

[sumdumguy]

Why is this happening? Round Up?

[JDGreen]

I have seen this in years past. Was a result of mechanical damage from cleaning plant. Couldn't even tell they were screwed up but germ dropped 30-40% . I find it a little unbelievable that some people still auger them dry into bins and aircarts.

[mustardman]

I agree JD ,you have to carefully pick your seed cleaner(conveyors only) and keep handling it carefully all the way into the cold cold ground

[wmoebis]

Furrow tell us about your cleaning procedures. That much seed damage seems high.
You would still have to get into seed cart and ground would lower it more.

If no visible damage maybe there was a mix up with test results.

[freewheat]

I cleaned seed for quite a few years. I used augers. No complaints whatsoever.

[sumdumguy]

Belt conveyors in pulse cleaning plant. Possible damage in the intake leg but bin ladders helped too. 3 stories with no augers between machines is the pulse plant I like.

[nicolaas]

Seeded peas for 20 years, no conveyers, augers only, no problem. Just run them slow and full. Seed at 180 - 190 lbs/acre. It sounds like a roundup issue with this seed, or the bin heated over the winter? Lots of juicy grasshopper corpses?

[nicolaas]

another thing, do not try to clean 11% peas, you will end up with lots of splits. 14% and up is good moisture for quality.

[furrowtickler]

Our seed peas are ok, just passing on info from what is happening else where.
After loosing 80% of our pea crop to root rot in 2014 we have not pre priced a bus - and likely wont