Nah - pine trees are farmed here in NZ extensively. They only take 20 years to grow to maturity, and with a large enough area - or an area you’re prepared to let lay for two decades - you can set up quite effective block rotations. See for example the patchwork of pine trees at various ages in the Kaiangaroa Forest here:
Its monotony is as ugly as sin, of course, at pretty much any stage of the growth cycle, and it poisons the soil for pretty much anything else, but it does provide a shedload of wood for paper and building. And, by and large, it makes productive economic use of what would otherwise be waste land (… or another national park).
Jon
