using no irrigation. Field peas were ground in a mill (Thomas Wiley Mill Model 4, Thomas Scientific, NJ, US) using a 3.0-mm screen and contained 248 g crude protein (CP), 19 g fat, 66 g crude fiber, 2.39 g total phenols, 0.77 g tannins, and 12.31 MJ of metabolizable energy (ME)/kg on a dry matter (DM) basis, as well as 2.90 trypsin inhibitor units/mg DM (Dotas et al., 2011).