Price of Peas

[MikeC]

Have thought about planting 4-5 acres of Pinkeye Purple hull peas this year.

They were going for around $15-$16 bucks a bushel here last year, unshelled.

What's the market price for your area?

What would you pay to have them shelled?

How much would you pay if you picked them?

 

[1982vett]

Don't know about the price but it sounds about right.

Might think about a pick your own type deal on weekends if it is feasable.

 

[ga. prime]

I sell peas $15/bu. unshelled. I only sell the excess out of my 1 acre garden. There's a farm near here that grows quite a few acres and sell at (I'm pretty sure) $18/bu shelled. There's much more demand for creme 40's and creme 12's and sadandys than pinkeyes or blackeyes here where I live.

 

[alabama]

Plant the Pinkeye Purple hulls for sure. I think they are the best.
You can graze them when you finish picking or you can set your bush hog up to about 4 inches and clip them and they will make again but not like the first time.
We have a sheller thatyou have to feed a few peas at a time it has two rollers that sort of mashes the peas out but it does mash a few peas too. Hand shelled are better but it takes for ever if you are selling them.

 

[Lammie]

Plant the Pinkeye Purple hulls for sure. I think they are the best.
You can graze them when you finish picking or you can set your bush hog up to about 4 inches and clip them and they will make again but not like the first time.
We have a sheller thatyou have to feed a few peas at a time it has two rollers that sort of mashes the peas out but it does mash a few peas too. Hand shelled are better but it takes for ever if you are selling them.

Many is the summer afternoon I spent as a kid shelling peas. If it was too hot, we'd sit inside and watch cartoons shelling peas. It was a chore my aunt expected to be done before she got off from work every day.

 

[pdfangus]

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Many is the summer afternoon I spent as a kid shelling peas. If it was too hot, we'd sit inside and watch cartoons shelling peas. It was a chore my aunt expected to be done before she got off from work every day

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Too many wasted days and sore fingers as a kid is the reason i won't grow the dad blame things today.

Peas are not near as agravating as butter beans but I ain't shelling none of em. Everybody wanted the tender little butter beans but nobody wanted to shell em.

 

[Jogeephus]

$15 shelled, washed, sorted bagged and chilled. Creme 40's are king, then zippers in my book. PDFangus is right about those dang baby lima beans. I'll buy them at Walmart before I grow anymore for my freezer - life if just too short.

 

[TexasBred]

Love those little creme peas. Want to say they were well over $20 last year but I believe purple hulls were almost as high.