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

Table 8

Deterministic results for corn grain production.

	Scenario 1	Shadow price ($)	Scenario 2	Shadow price ($)
Net profit ($)	362,782.60		383,048.80
Corn grain sold (tons)	7,652.51		8,080.00
Corn harvested acres
Period 1	697.07		699.13
Period 2	307.66		562.17
Period 3	461.79		671.74
Period 4	427.66		66.96
Total corn harvested acres	1,894.18	0.00	2,000.00	191.52
Harvest field time (hours)
Period 1	128.26	1,040.89	128.64	0.00
Period 2	56.61	1,040.89	103.44	0.00
Period 3	84.97	1,040.89	123.60	0.00
Period 4	78.69	1,040.89	123.00	0.00
Total harvest field time	348.53		478.68