absolutely not what I said, if you want me to engage you seriously please read back over and avoid the strawman.
You have assumed it's the farmer. But he just inherited (or rents) some land. And since the majority of his income comes from subsidies, there is no reason to assume he is competent.
On the other hand you have actual experts with real field trial results.
That's my point here.
These subsidies were created to affect the behavior of farmers and now there's bitching that farmers want to keep the behavior that most benefits them and people are doing it by trying to argue these farmers are just bad for doing exactly what people initially wanted them to do.
If you think farmers are using the same techniques they were back in 1066 then perhaps you're strawmanning more than just me.