Economic Impacts of Using Switchgrass as a Feedstock for Ethanol Production: A Case Study Located in East Tennessee

Table 4

Total delivered feedstock cost for alternative harvest/storage systems.

Item and units	Harvest/Storage System
	Round: bottom unprotected	Round: unprotected	Square: top and bottom protected	Square: top unprotected
Production^a ($)	$8,674,911	$8,979,650	$9,210,098	$11,247,618
Harvest ($)	$25,638,978	$26,541,025	$23,898,454	$29,187,083
Storage ($)	$1,849,872	$0	$3,322,649	$2,462,736
Transportation ($)	$12,640,953	$12,693,320	$9,825,740	$10,102,615
Total ($)	$48,804,714	$48,213,995	$46,256,941	$53,000,052
Cost/dry ton produced ($/Mt)	$78.52	$74.93	$70.11	$65.81
Cost/dry ton delivered ($/Mt)	$81.77	$80.78	$77.50	$88.80
Cropland converted
Hay (hectares)	29,084	30,150	30,938	38,078
Corn (hectares)	121	121	121	121
Soybeans (hectares)	227	231	255	261
Wheat (Hectares)	982	983	983	1,004
Total (hectares)	30,414	31,486	32,297	39,465
Total tonnage produced (Mt)	621,550	643,387	659,862	805,439

 ^aProduction cost also includes amortized establishment of $130.83/hectare. This portion of production cost is allocated to feedstock investment in economic impact analysis.