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Item	Conventional			Plug
	Small	Medium	Large	Small	Medium	Large
						NonAuto	Auto
Variable Costs
Seedlings1	$1.89	$1.72	$1.10	$2.15	$1.82	$1.67	$1.67
Flat	0.46	0.36	0.25	0.46	0.36	0.25	0.25
Insert	0.34	0.2	0.19	0.34	0.2	0.19	0.19
Rooting Medium	0.32	0.26	0.18	0.32	0.26	0.18	0.18
Label	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.05
Fertilizer	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02
Growth Regulator	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02
Pesticide	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Labor	0.98	0.98	0.77	0.53	0.81	0.66	0.45
Interest on Variable Costs	0.19	0.16	0.12	0.18	0.16	0.14	0.13
Total Variable Costs	$4.43	$3.79	$2.70	$4.13	$3.72	$3.18	$2.96
Overhead Costs 2	4.14	2.98	2.94	3.5	2.52	2.48	2.48
Loss Allocation 3	0.45	0.36	0.3	0.4	0.33	0.3	0.29
Total Costs per Flat	$9.02	$7.13	$5.94	$8.03	$6.57	$5.97	$5.74

¹ 18 seedlings per finished flat.
² Overhead costs are calculated at $0.194 per sq.ft. week x 1.64 sq.ft. per flat x 13 wks. for conventional flats and 11 weeks for plug flats. See Table A2 for more detail.
³ Based on 5% of total production.