From the second year after establishment of soil conservation measures, erosion was reduced by 39–84% in grass barriers or by 93–100% in simultaneous cover crop treatments. Maize yields, however, decreased by 26% in grass barriers or up to 35% in cover crop plots if Pinto peanuts were not cut on time. Both of these options provided animal feed, up to 5.5 t ha−1 yr−1 dry grass or 1.8 t ha−1 yr−1 dry biomass of Pinto peanuts.