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Abstract
Most peanut (Arahcis hypogeae L.) production occurs under conventional tillage.Reducing tillage trips can reduce production costs. Growers switching to strip-tillagepeanut can experience a decrease in yield on certain soil types. This study comparedstrip-till utilizing fall prepared raised beds and rip and beds to standard flat strip-till on a sandy soil at Tifton, GA and a clay soil at Plains, GA. At Plains, the rip and bed andraised bed reduced digging losses by 62 and 47 %, respectively. Soil compactiondecreased by 3.3 and 4.7 times for the raised bed and rip and bed, respectively. The ripand bed increased yield by 465 kg/ha over flat bed. At Tifton, no differences in yield ordigging losses were found. Soil compaction decreased by only 1.9 and 2.5 times forraised bed and rip and bed, respectively. Results suggest bedding can minimize yield losson finer textured soils.