111 0 North 43rd Street 

PO Box 13217 

Grand Forks, ND 58208 

Phone: 701-772-2414 

Fax: 701 -738-0612 

www npg,s.com 

605 9th Ave SE 

POBox460 

Devils Lake, NO 58301 

Phone: 701-662-1801 

Fax: 701-662-8081 

(AMA) Agricultural Marketing Act - Fee Schedule 

Effective Date: January 1, 2024. Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) must approve all fees for official services and official 

agencies will assess only those fees appearing on their current approved fee schedule. FGIS user fees included. 

(a) 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. 

(b) AMA Rice Cooperative Service Agreement Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, AMA rice cooperative service

agreement fees for rice inspection services will be assessed at the current percentage rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74

(Service Fees and Billing Codes, Attachment 3.) The assessed fees must exclude travel, mailing expenses, and state and local

taxes. Invoices will identify assessed AMA rice cooperative service agreement fees as separate line items.

Inspection Lab and Sampling Hours 

Regular Hours: Monday – Friday 7 AM-3 PM 

Overtime Hours: Monday – Friday Any hours worked outside Regular Hours, and Friday 3 PM – Saturday 11:59PM 

Sunday/Holiday: Sunday - 12:00AM -7:00AM Monday Holiday - 12:00AM-7:00 AM the following morning 

Hourly Rates: Hourly rates are charged per man-hour at the appropriate rate and assessed in half-hour increments. 

Hourly Rates 

Regular 

Hourly Rate 

Overtime 

Hourly Rate 

Sunday/ 

Holiday Rate 

$45.50 $68.25 $91.00 

Cancellation Charges: If a start time is established and an elevator reschedules/cancels prior to the start time, a 4-hour per person 

per cancellation reschedule/cancellation charge will be assessed at the appropriate hourly rate. 

On-Call Charges: On-call charges are when an applicant wants personnel available, 

and waiting to report for duty after regular hours. If the applicant is not ready, a 

4-hour per person per day charge will be assessed at the appropriate hourly rate. 

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Holidays: Holiday rates apply on days when the Minneapolis Grain Exchange is closed for holiday, including: 

New Year’s Eve Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, 

Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving 

Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day. 

Finance Charge: 11⁄2% per month after 30 days from statement date. 

Travel Time: Travel assessed for actual travel time at the applicable hourly rate and prorated 

when possible. 

Stand-by Rate: Will be charged at the applicable rate for delays not caused by the Agency and will apply in half-hour increments. 

Mileage Fees: The IRS standard mileage rate will be assessed. Changes to the mileage rate are effective when the IRS changes 

their standard mileage rate (prorated when possible). 

Credit Card Fee: Actual credit card transaction fee from credit card machine. 

NPGIS reserves the right to determine the number of personnel to properly provide the service requested. To assure personnel 

safety, NPGIS can suspend sampling service due to inclement weather conditions as well as sampling on rail cars in darkness 

or insufficient lighting. NPGIS will provide physical supervision of elevator personnel, by official personnel, of sampling and 

sealing railcars. In extreme conditions a stowage examination waiver may be deemed necessary. 

Minimum Hourly Call-out Rates: Minimum 2 hour per person at applicable hourly rate will apply 

Services 

Hourly rate and mileage fees in addition to per unit as stated. 

All hours before and after regular hours will be charged accordingly. 

Hourly fees assessed in half hour increments. 

Official Lot Sampling and/or Inspection $24.75 

Official Lot Sampling and/or Inspection (Thresher/Field Run) $38.00 

Submitted Single Factor Analyses $10.00 

Extra Factors During Inspection Process1 $7.50 

Vomitoxin (DON) $35.00 

Aflatoxin $35.00 

Falling Number $30.00 

Retest (File Sample) Same as original 

Retest (New Sample) Same as original plus 

Official Lot Sampling Fee 

Duplicate/Corrected Certificates/Results 

Additional Services and/or Statements, per Service/Statement2 

4 or more Additional Services and/or Statements 

Fax Reporting of Results 

Composite Sample Prep 

Special Handling 

Stowage Examination Certificate 

Condition of Container Service 

Sanitation Certificate 

$2.50 

$4.85 

$15.00 

$1.00 

$2.00 

$10.00 

$15.50 

$15.50 

$15.50 

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Dark Roast $30.00 

Phyto Inspection $10.00 

12 foot Probe $5.00 

Double Sample Collection $15.00 

Food Defense System Survey Applicable Hourly Rate 

Shipping Actual Cost 

Training (per instructor, per hour, plus mileage and travel time) $69.50 

Services not listed by this fee schedule will be charged a minimum of 1 hour at the applicable hourly rate. 

1 Extra Factors which are requested by applicant that are in addition to normal grade made by an inspector. 

2 Individual service or statement requests for Check Load, Check Weigh, Vendor Count, etc. 

Sealing 

NPGIS, Inc. applies the number of seals as per request from applicant. Seals applied by NPGIS are not for security nor does 

sealing in any way mean the car is sealed, the seals are to tag the lot as officially sampled only and preserve lot identity. NPGIS, 

Inc. is not responsible for the seals after NPGIS, Inc. leaves the applicants property. It is the applicant’s responsibility to confirm 

that all seals have been applied by NPGIS, Inc. to their satisfaction. 

Sealing upon request (up to 2 seals) $6.00 

Sealing upon request (3 or more seals) $12.00 

Supervisory seals to certify $3.00 

Tote Sealing, per seal $1.00 

Metal cable seals, per seal $4.00 

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