If the previous crop was a legume, then the nitrogen application rate should be reduced another 20 pounds per acre. The seeding and nitrogen application rates described previously should not be exceeded to ensure that lodging of the wheat does not occur. The least amount of wheat lodging slows harvest, reduces grain quality, and increases the potential of damaging the soybean plants during wheat harvest. Broadleaf weeds should be controlled with the application of appropriate rates of 2,4-D or other materials. The wheat should be harvested at 17 to 20 percent grain moisture and dried.
Test weights are highest when harvested at that moisture.
The combine cutter bar should be low enough to collect most of the wheat heads but high enough to miss the terminal growing point of the soybean plants. When the soybean growing point is removed, the yield potential of the affected soybean plants is reduced by 30 to 50 percent. Soybean A full-season soybean variety should be selected for use in relay cropping systems and coated with the new, patented, Intellicoat Polymer Seed Coating to delay germination until the head emergence stage of wheat. The Intellicoat polymer seed coating is a new product that is available from only one company, Fielders Choice at Monticello, Indiana. This seed should be inoculated at the time of planting between May 1 and May 15 and seeded at the rate of 6.0 seeds per foot of row and at a depth of 0.75 to 1.25 inches.