This is not correct. You can recover soil in the timescales of 20 years through active management. The problem is that this is a losing battle. If the original

This is not correct. You can recover soil in the timescales of 20 years through active management. The problem is that this is a losing battle. If the original farmer making the money didn't care, then who is going to pay to restore a plot of land from which they make no income whatsoever?