Net profit per hectare (R$/ha; vertical axis on left side, prices from 2007) and payback (percent profit/costs, right vertical axis) correlates negatively with level of intensification (animals/ha; horizontal axis) for herd size of 500 animals and positively for herd size of 5,000 animals. The orange line links the points of lowest intensity (0.73 and 0.71 animals per hectare) of both herd sizes, showing that economic efficiency in livestock depends on scale and not on intensity of land use. Source: FNP, Anualpec, 2003 to 2008.