Farmers in the Wairarapa are breaking new ground as they get under way with planting alternatives to their preferred pea crop.
The Ministry for Primary Industries recently introduced a two year ban after an evil weevil took up residence in the local crops.
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Arable Representative Karen Williams says growers haven't had many alternative crop options that pay as much as peas do.
However, she says a group of them is hoping to get a Wairarapa Cropping Strategy underway, and have applied for funding from MPI's Sustainable Farming Fund.
