Jim Webster writes

Some moron:
I am thinking that the surface area of roots in contact with soil is
greater than the area exposed to wind by ploughing.

Moron.
How do you grow a crop when the land is covered by trees?
The moisture loss from green grass, trees and open water is similar.
The aim is to get a top layer dry enough to work/drill.

Then the leaves
contact the wind. Also the trees could be a crop.

Not in the UK. Typically the value of small (say 1000T) of standing
timber is approximately zero. Most places the highest value sale is for
firewood.

You could plant several types of trees, each working better in slightly
different conditions.

Trees are not rates for moisture loss.

Diversity is much better against troubles.

Sometimes it is, sometimes not.
In jims case alternatives to grass are problematic.

You can
have the diversity within each farm, or else you use the govt to buffer
against loss as with BSE, or both.

Govt hates to pay farmers anything.
They paid for bse primarily for public health reasons.

I hate to think who will bear the brunt
of troubles with the huge GM reduced diversity scheme.

Que?

not in the UK, planting trees is a waste of time and is not economically
viable unless you have an awful lot of land.Plant trees here and you would
drive people off the land

Absolutely. I doubt they would grow very well given your location
anyway. If the wind didn't get them, the salt would.

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