He explains that farmers receive a NT $ 45,000 per hectare per season subsidy for fallow fields producing green fertilizers such as sesbania and rapeseed, which are plowed under to nourish the soil in which they grew. After deducting their costs, such as seeds and plowing, farmers net about NT $ 38,000 per hectare from fallow fields.
李明席表示，目前休耕土地種植綠肥作物（如田菁、油菜，可就地耕鋤掩埋，當作肥料），可以領到一期一公頃 4 萬 5,000 元的補助金；扣掉綠肥種子、翻耕等成本，一期淨收入約 3 萬 8,000 元。