spring peas

A University of Idaho crop researcher is trying to work out the agronomics of raising food-quality fall peas as a high yielding rotation crop for farmers in the state’s panhandle.  The UI’s Kurt Schroeder says while local growers have planted fall peas in the past as a cover crop, planting them for food is very different.  He said one of the ...

Agricultural Research Service recently released its first winter pea cultivars specifically developed to be used whole or as an ingredient in human food.  Dr. Rebecca McGee says USDA MiCa, USDA Dint and USDA Klondike will be game changers for growers across the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.   “...