Canada's Feed Pea Newsletter

September 2009

• Pea production estimates remain strong
• Peas underestimated as a lysine source
• Phosphorus availability in phytase-supplemented peas

 February 2009

• Record pea supply a feed opportunity
• Save $5/mt in hog and poultry rations with peas
• Sourcing peas in Western Canada
• 2008 crop quality

November 2008

• Net energy (NE) of peas
• The rationale behind NE
• Comparison of NE, DE, ME, and AMEn values
• Benefits of using NE

May 2008

• Nutritional properties of peas
• Dogs prefer peas
• Nutritional benefit of peas for pets
• "Slowly degraded starch" benefits
• The many benefits of fibre

June 2007

• Are your poultry rations recognizing 100% of the energy in peas?
• Standardized and apparent amino acid digestibilities for peas and other pulses
• Amino acid digestibilty values may be underestimated for pulses

March 2007

• Feed pea and faba bean composition for dairy cattle
• Performance trials
• Heat treating to increase bypass protein and starch
• Can particle size affect bypass value?

November 2006

• Pulse products for beef cattle
• Peas in creep feed
• Receiving rations
• Peas in Growing/Finishing rations
• Processing requirements for pea rations
• Peas produce quality beef

July 2006

• Do peas reduce intake? Studies say No
• Peas complement other Western Canadian ingredients

May 2006

• Western Canadian peas - Could they get any cleaner?
• User defined dockage levels
• White flowered faba beans partner with feed peas as SBM alternative for hogs

December 2005

• Feed pea net energy research underway
• European feed pea perspective
• Trypsin Inhibitors

September 2005

• Trypsin Inhibitor levels in peas less than for Soybean Meal
• Environmental effects of field pea nutrient content examined

2004 - No issues published

October 2003

• The scoop on feed peas
• What are peas worth?
• Peacan meal as an alternative protein source to market hogs
• Looking at NIR and NE

September 2002

• Steam flaking peas - Interesting new discoveries
• Processing peas for poultry significantly improves energy digestibility
• Grinding and pelleting

May 2002

• Feed pea supply increases
• Come learn from the experts
• Pea silage: a new source of forage for ruminants

January 2002

• A look at lentils
• Effect of pea type on feed intake and performance

September 2001

• Feeding peas to backgrounding cattle
• Have you considered fababeans?
• Fababean inclusion in broiler and layer diets

June 2001

• Lentils in weaner pig diets
• A versatile feed ingredient - peas in aquaculture diets
• Pea acreage up
• Peas produce high quality pork

February 2001

• The use of peas in dairy diets
• The protein content up in Canadian peas in 2000
• Calf feeding trial
• Peas, Peas, Peas: You want Em - We got em!!

October 2000

• Nutritive benefits of extruded peas for pigs
• Feeding straw from peas, lentils and chickpeas
• Another good reason to use field peas in swine diets

June 2000

• Feed pea supply increasing
• Integration and Expansion
• Increase performance and decrease costs
• Better pork quality

February 2000

• Peas for poultry
• High quality peas in 1999
• Feed pea suppliers plan for 2000
• Feed peas - part of survival in the hog business
• Chickpeas as a feed ingredient

September 1999

• Processed peas for young pigs
• Pea useage approaches 50%
• Market opportunity for PeaCan meal plant in Manitoba
• Field peas futures contract

April 1999

• Quality peas right off the combine
• New Energy Evaluation System

September 1998

• Increase performance and decrease costs
• First ever pulse harvest survey
• Western Nutrition Conference