Cover crops

Austrian Winter Pea

Peas have good nitrogen fixation and can be sown as a cover crop after a main cereal crop, but need to be sown early post-harvest to maximise growing temperatures. Austrian winter peas are a type of pea that can withstand lower temperatures and produce more biomass over winter.

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Product benefits (ACRES)

  • For ACRES, a mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sown.
  • Austrian winter pea cover crops must remain in situ until after 1 January.

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