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The yield of faba bean in pure stand and in mixture with different cultivars of pea was compared in order to find out whether in field conditions faba bean can support the shoots of pea resulting in a greater yield of seeds of a higher dietary value. The faba bean yield in the pure stand was higher than the yield of the mixture with pea. However, despite the fact that the yield of mixtures was lower in comparison with the faba bean monoculture, the cultivation of mixtures is profitable since the total crop of mixtures was higher than the crop of seeds in the monoculture of pea. Moreover, the fodder value of the mixture of seeds is higher than of faba bean seeds alone which contain balast substances.