Round seeded peas are used mostly for food and feed. The wrinkled seed peas are harvested when immature and used for freezing and canning. Peas are among the world's oldest crops. They can be traced back to as early as 9000 years ago. Saskatchewan is the world's largest dry pea exporter.
Dry peas demand adequate moisture and react badly to drought and high temperatures.
They are somewhat frost resistant and can be grown on summer fallow. The seeds are shaped like lenses and range in colour from green to brown to grey to a whole host of other colours. Lentil production in Canada began in 1969 and since then we have become the largest lentil exporter in the world. Saskatchewan produces about ninety percent of the Canadian lentils. Lentils grow best on flat or slightly rolling land.