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

Table 9

Stochastic results for corn grain harvesting.

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Net profit ($)	382,338.10	4,232.43	329,838.33	383,048.80
Corn grain sold (tons)	8,065.01	89.28	6,957.58	8,080.00
Corn harvested acres
Period 1	684.79	45.21	358.88	451.42
Period 2	489.13	120.55	166.05	412.73
Period 3	591.74	134.63	208.39	505.21
Period 4	230.64	170.93	179.55	496.59
Total corn harvested acres	1,996.29	22.10	1,722.18	2,000.00
Harvest field time (hours)
Period 1	126.00	0.69	111.60	140.40
Period 2	90.00	1.85	51.60	128.40
Period 3	111.00	2.22	64.80	157.08
Period 4	115.80	1.88	76.80	154.68
Total harvest field time	442.80	3.57	316.92	550.32