| Article ID: | iaor20115833 |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 390 |
| End Page Number: | 395 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Journal: | Forest Policy and Economics |
| Authors: | Stewart Hugh T L, Race Digby H, Curtis Allan L, Stewart Andrew J K |
| Keywords: | economics |
A case study in Australia compared the profitability of farming and farm forestry. Livestock grazing was compared with a blue gum plantation during 1993–2007. The financial return from blue gum (14years) was greater than livestock grazing. The farmer had successfully integrated farm forestry as a viable land‐use.