Herbal Ley survival?

[som farmer]

Yeah, I get that.

All I can see is the landlord going "ooh, pretty flowers, maybe I should increase the rent then as my man will be raking it in" and then the SFI pot of gold running out about the same time the pastures do.

If you want better soil health it's basic: reduce/cut how much you feed from the top, and change the management until you see an increase in the number of big perennial grasses.

*By big I mean plants greater than 8 or 9cm across the base, if you chopped the tops off, and recovered to the extent they look like ungrazed plants.

that's the risk you take.
you only need to look at plant density in a pp, compared to a temp drilled ley, to see a difference.

thick is better, except when they are politicians, then its normal.