Effective: 01/01/2024

1

D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc.

Federal Licensed Grain Inspectors

Website: www.drschaal.com

Lewis D. Schaal, President

Cell: 515.571.0670 Email: lewis@drschaal.com

Corporate Office & Lab New Jersey Lab Georgia Lab South Carolina Lab

219 River Ave. N 2200 Secaucus Road 1107 U.S. Hwy 80 E 2265 Clements Ferry Road

P.O. Box 213 Resources Warehouse Suite F Suite 207-D

Belmond, Iowa 50421 North Bergen, New Jersey 07047 Pooler, Georgia 31322 Charleston, South Carolina 29492

641-444-3122 732-740-3161 912-531-5616 912-531-5616

Agricultural Marketing Fees and Charges

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

official services and Official Agencies (OAs) will assess only those fees appearing on their current 

approved fee schedule. State and local taxes will be added as required.

Regular Hours and Hourly Rates: Iowa Lab: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., New Jersey, Georgia and South 

Carolina Labs: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (first eight hours within regular business hour), Monday through 

Friday, except Holidays. All hourly charges will be assessed in quarter hour increments, per individual 

necessary to perform the service. 

Iowa: Inspector / Technician / Weigher / Probe, Sampler: $28.57/hour

New Jersey: Inspector / Sampler /Technician/ Weigher: $48.93/ hour

Georgia and South Carolina: Inspector / Sampler /Technician/ Weigher: $37.61 / hour

Onsite Lab Staffing: Applicable hourly rate, per person and is subject to overtime, Holiday / Sunday rates. 

Basis will include travel time, mileage and unit fees.

Overtime Hourly Rate: One and one half regular hourly rate assessed in quarter hour increments in 

addition to unit fees, for work performed on Saturday and other than regular hours.

Holiday / Sunday Hourly Rate: Double regular hourly rate assessed in quarter hour increments in 

addition to unit fees. Holidays are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, 

Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and after 12:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The 

observance of holidays that fall on weekends will follow Federal protocol.

Callout Time: A minimum of 4 hours per person will be assessed at the applicable hourly rate when 

requests for service are withdrawn or in the event of request resulting in personnel returning to duty after 

dismissal.

Standby / Travel time: Assessed per individual at applicable hourly 

rates for applicant caused delays.

Mileage: The Internal Revenue Service standard rate will be the 

maximum

assessed for all services performed basis service point’s lab and 

prorated

whenever possible. Any change to the mileage rate is possible 

when the IRS

changes their standard mileage rate.
Effective: 01/01/2024

2

D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc.

Personnel Safety: It is the customer’s responsibility to make the grain, commodity or stowage area safely 

accessible. Agency employees do not open or close doors or lids on railcars or shipping containers. There 

must be a minimum of two people at all times on top of railcars and in the immediate vicinity at facilities 

where services are being performed. This can be two Agency employees or one Agency employee and one 

customer employee. This is to ‘render aid if needed’ or to call for assistance.

Weather Policy: Agency will adhere to the following inclement weather policy: Sampling and stowage 

examination requests may be delayed, curtailed or dismissed when any of the following conditions exist: 

High winds, rainfall/snow that creates conditions that are dangerous to employee and/or facility specific 

conditions that could put employees providing services in jeopardy. Adequate lighting must be provided 

when onsite services are requested after sunset. Agency will abide by federal, state and local authorities in 

regard to voluntary and/or mandatory evacuations in the event of severe weather or other natural disasters.

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.

Agricultural Marketing Act Services: In addition to the following unit fees, inspector, technician, 

sampler, travel, standby time and mileage will be assessed for all services unless noted.

Phytosanitary Inspection only, per container........................................................................................$15.55

Sampling only, per container................................................................................................................$13.72

Stowage Examination, per container......................................................................................................$8.01

Stowage Examination, per hold on vessel ............................................................................................$51.44

AMA Weight Certificate, per container, includes stowage exam.........................................................$13.99

Fumigation Witness, per unit..................................................................................................................$6.58

Bulk Commodities loaded under AMA provisions, per metric ton ........................................................$0.26

Mycotoxin Test, water based, includes labor .......................................................................................$38.10

Mycotoxin Test, alcohol based, includes labor ....................................................................................$46.44
Effective: 01/01/2024

3

D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc.

Unofficial Service, not performed under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act:

Mailing samples to industries, per sample, plus postage........................................................................$3.57

Letterhead Statement, per request ........................................................................................................$59.54

Certified Weight Certificates, per unit....................................................................................................$5.39

Combine sublots for industry ...............................................................................................................$11.91

Security Seals, Plastic, per seal ..............................................................................................................$1.25

High Security Seals, per seal..................................................................................................................$2.50

Duplicate Certificates, per certificate .....................................................................................................$2.86

Rush order, plus applicable unit fee .....................................................................................................$55.00

GMO test, per test ................................................................................................................................$39.69

Toll road charges will be charged back to applicants as they occur.

Document Research billed at local hourly rate.

Use of Agency FedEx account will carry 10% markup.

Per Diem of $60.00 plus $230.00 hotel (or actual cost of hotel), per person for overnight assignments will 

be assessed. 

Other expenses such as mileage, sample delivery, postage, etc. will be charged for other services not 

covered by AMA in addition to the unit fees listed in the schedule.