Published:
3:00 PM May 7, 2021
Norfolk farmer Chris Eglington has hailed the essential role of peas within his arable rotation
- Credit: Tim Scrivener
A Norfolk farmer has praised the productive power of peas to unlock higher yields and reduce pests for other crops in his rotation.
Chris Eglington, who farms at Letton, near Shipdham, has an eight-year rotation of wheat and winter barley, alternating between peas and oilseed rape (OSR) as a break crop.
He said while peas are not particularly profitable on their own, they brought significant benefits to his other crops.
“You can’t consider the benefits of peas in isolation; on their own peas don’t produce the margins, but as part of the whole rotation, they improve the margins of all the other crops, he said.
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