RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Stale seedbed production of soybeans with a wheat cover crop JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation FD Soil and Water Conservation Society SP 187 OP 190 VO 47 IS 2 A1 C. D. Elmore A1 R. A. Wesley A1 L. G. Heatherly YR 1992 UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/47/2/187.abstract AB Stale seedbed planting is a technique soybean producers have begun to adopt for the clay soils of the Delta. It is defined as planting in a smooth, weedy, but not recently disturbed seedbed. On these clay soils of the Delta, erosion may be a problem if a fall or winter tillage operation is necessary to smooth the seedbed, leaving no soil cover from residue or vegetation during the rainy, winter season. Wheat was investigated as a cover crop. Wheat as a cover crop did provide sufficient soil cover from vegetation, although in most years natural winter vegetation also was sufficient. Wheat as a cover crop did not affect soybean yields in any year of three experiments conducted over 6 years.