The rotation’s gross margin — revenue less variable costs — divided by area and spread back across the years it took to grow. Annualising lets a once-a-decade crop stand next to annual land uses.
Short-rotation blue gum returns hinge on MAI and haul distance; on productive, well-sited ground the annualised gross margin competes with grazing on the same land.
FWPA ↗Because forestry pays out once, the annualised margin is the only fair way to compare it with grazing or cropping on the same hectares. It ties every earlier metric — MAI, cost of production, price — into a single land-use verdict.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lift MAI to spread fixed establishment cost over more tonnes.
Cut delivered cost by siting close to market and roading well.
Shorten the effective rotation by harvesting at MAI culmination.
The rotation’s gross margin — revenue less variable costs — divided by area and spread back across the years it took to grow. Annualising lets a once-a-decade crop stand next to annual land uses.
You need: Rotation revenue ($), Rotation variable costs ($), Net area × rotation years (ha·yr). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Short-rotation blue gum returns hinge on MAI and haul distance; on productive, well-sited ground the annualised gross margin competes with grazing on the same land.
Lift MAI to spread fixed establishment cost over more tonnes. Cut delivered cost by siting close to market and roading well. Shorten the effective rotation by harvesting at MAI culmination.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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