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

Table 12

Stochastic results for corn grain and stover harvesting.

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Net profit ($)	345,284.50	34,234.02	248,631.24	394,055.77
Corn grain sold (tons)	7,133.24	717.34	5,097.87	8,080.00
Corn stover sold (tons)	620.64	123.44	404.47	959.63
Corn grain acres harvested
Period 1	684.79	45.21	606.58	762.99
Period 2	488.82	120.44	280.65	697.61
Period 3	592.04	134.98	352.23	853.91
Total grain acres harvested	1,765.65	177.56	1,261.85	2,000.00
Corn stover harvested in tons
Period 2	0.30	5.64	0.00	160.74
Period 3	10.87	34.74	0.00	224.53
Period 4	609.48	118.57	404.47	814.37
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