Effective August 1, 2017, this fee schedule supersedes all other Agricultural Marketing Act fee schedules issued by this office. Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) must approve all fees for official services, and authorized agencies will assess only those fees appearing on their currently approved fee schedule, FGIS user fees included.

• Office hours: 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM – Monday through Friday.

• Inspection hours: 5:00 AM to 2:00 PM – Monday through Friday. Please notify us if you would like a same-day inspection by 9:00 AM. Please notify us by noon of the previous business day for a weekend or holiday inspection service.

• Sampling hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Monday through Friday. For same-day sampling, please notify us by 11:00 AM. For weekend or holiday sampling service, please notify us by 1:00 PM of the previous business day.

• Overtime hours: Hours beyond regular hours - Monday through Friday and Saturday.



• Double time: We charge for Sundays and holidays.

Our holidays include New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. We are closed on New Year’s Eve after 2:00 PM and Christmas Eve after 2:00 PM.

• Regular hourly rate: $42.50 per hour for a sampler or technician.

• Overtime hourly rate: We bill at one and half times the standard hourly rate and assess in ¼ hour increments.

• Standby hourly rate: Delays not caused by the agency will be billed at the applicable rate per hour and assessed in 1/4 hour increments.

• We bill travel hourly rates at the applicable rate per hour, assessed in 1/4 hour increments.

• We bill a two-hour minimum call-out time per person at an applicable hourly rate.

• We assess mileage at a rate of less than or equal to the IRS standard mileage rate.

• We apply a 1 1/2% monthly finance charge after 30 days from the statement date.

• Per diem of $10 after 8 hours and $20 after 12 hours per person.

• We perform service requests not covered under this fee schedule at the appropriate hourly rate, plus travel time and mileage.

• For special sampling handling and shipping, we charge the actual cost and sampler travel time plus mileage as applicable.

• Commodity Cooperative Service Agreement Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, commodity cooperative service agreement fees for commodity inspection services (pulses, hops, and miscellaneous processed commodities), excluding rice, will be assessed at the current percentage rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 (Service Fees and Billing Codes, Attachment 4).  The assessed fees must exclude travel, mailing expenses, and state and local taxes. Invoices will identify assessed commodity cooperative service agreement fees as separate line items.

We bill all other services not covered in this fee schedule at the appropriate hourly rate.