Economic Impact of Harvesting Corn Stover under Time Constraint: The Case of North Dakota

Table 11

Deterministic results for corn grain and stover production.

	Scenario 1	Shadow price ($)	Scenario 2	Shadow price ($)
Net profit ($)	377,650.31		394,060.00
Corn grain sold (tons)	7,809.50		8,080.00
Corn stover sold (tons)	647.37		959.64
Corn grain acres harvested
Period 1	699.13		733.70
Period 2	562.17		690.00
Period 3	671.74		576.30
Total corn grain acres harvested	1,933.04	0.00	2,000.00	180.42
Corn Stover Harvested in Tons
Period 2	0.00	−186.30	0.00	0.00
Period 3	0.00	−186.30	201.21	0.00
Period 4	647.37	0.00	758.43	0.00
Harvest field time (hours)
Period 1	128.64	1,040.89	135.00	60.37
Period 2	103.44	1,040.89	126.96	60.37
Period 3	123.60	1,040.89	144.27	60.37
Period 4	123.00	60.37	144.10	60.37
Total harvest field time	478.68		550.33