A farmer sells futures contracts at a price of $3.65 per bushel. The spot price of corn is $3.15 at contract expiration. The farmer harvested 21000 bushels of corn and sold futures contracts on 20000 bushels of corn. What are the farmer's proceeds from the sale of ALL the corn?

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