Wisconsin
 

Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Grading and Inspection Services Fees
 

Administrative Office: Superior Office:
 

Jeremy McPherson Robert Moore
 

2811 Agriculture Drive Superior Grain Inspection Services
 

Madison, WI 53708 404 Tower Ave,
 

[608] 224-4922	 Superior, Wisconsin 54880 

Fax [608] 224-4937	 [715] 392-7854 

Fax [715] 392-7847 

Effective Date: USDA-Federal Grain Inspection Service must approve all fees for official services and 

Wisconsin will assess only those fees appearing on their current approved fee schedule. Federal Grain 

Inspection Fees (see FGIS Directive 9180.74) will be assessed in addition to all other charges when 

applicable. Effective date: April 1, 2022. 

Hours and Hourly Rate: 

 

Regular Hours 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, 

Monday through Friday 

(except holidays) 

•	 Regular hours may be extended to 4:30 pm with prior authorization. 

•	 Hourly rates are assessed in quarter-hour increments. 

•	 Contract rates apply only if there is a contract between DATCP and the applicant in effect at the 

time the service is provided. 

Contracts between DATCP and the Applicant: Contracts are negotiated between DATCP and the 

applicant. Contract customers will be billed for a minimum of 40 hours per week for each scheduled 

representative. If DATCP determines that additional representatives are required to meet the applicant’s 

service request, the applicant will be charged per additional employee hour at the noncontract rate. 

Contracts are for an initial one year period and then automatically renew unless either party provides 90 

day notice of cancellation. 

Service Request Lead Time, Standby Hours, and Cancelations: For service 

requests from non-contract applicants and any service request from contract 

applicants that requires additional representatives: 

•	 Request for service must be made by 2:30 p.m. on the previous
 

business day.
 

•	 If the request for service is outside of regular hours, the applicant will 

be charged a minimum of four hours at the applicable rate for each 

employee scheduled. To avoid this charge, any changes or
 

cancelations must be made by 2:30 p.m. on the previous business
 

day.
 

•	 If the request for service is made or cancelled after 2:30 p.m. on the
 

previous business day, there is a two hour minimum charge per
 

scheduled representative.
 

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Holidays: Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s 

Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Memorial Day. All Federal, State and Local Legal 

Holidays observed and those designated by the grain industry. 

Official Commercial Inspection Service: Inspections are offered and will be negotiated on a case by 

case basis from the official fee schedule. 

Meals: When an employee is required to work two hours or more beyond the regular shift (past 6:00 p.m. 

on the day shift), the cost of a carry out meal (not to exceed $15.00 per meal) will be billed back to the 

loading or unloading facility. This provision will apply only when the department is required to work 

overtime. 

TONNAGE FEE 

Assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one tonnage fee will be assessed when 

inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier. 

Outbound carrier per metric ton: $0.145 

Inbound carrier per metric ton: $0.000 

PART 1 – RATES FOR CONTRACT CUSTOMERS
 

Standard Contract Rate: $35.50 per hour
 

Hourly Rate for Additional Representatives or service outside of contract: $60.00 per hour
 

Fees for Official Services in Addition to Applicable Hourly Rates 

Laboratory services performed at applicant’s facility 

Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) $9.60 

All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) $17.50 

NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) $2.40 

Laboratory services performed at location other than applicant’s facility 

charged at the non-contract rate. 

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PART II – RATES FOR NONCONTRACT CUSTOMERS
 

Service is charged at either the applicable hourly rate or by unit fee, whichever is greater. 

Noncontract Applicable Hourly Rate: $60.00 per hour 

 DATCP Fees 

Official Inspection Services (Includes sampling except as indicated)
 

Railcars - per car...................................................................................................................................29.00
 

Railroad origin car inspection - per car .................................................................................................30.00
 

Submitted sample - per sample ............................................................................................................13.00
 

Truck/trailer, mechanical probe - per carrier.........................................................................................18.00
 

 Manual probe - per carrier .................................................................................................18.75
 

Shiplot sample - per 1000 bushels..........................................................................................................5.95
 

Warehouseman sample lot - per sample ..............................................................................................10.90
 

Re-inspection based on file sample - per sample.................................................................................13.00
 

Re-inspection new sample............................................................................Same as sample or carrier fee
 

Dual grades – per portion graded ................................................................................Applicable carrier fee
 

Factor only determination.............................................................................. Same as carrier or sample fee
 

House run inspection - per 1000 bushels ...............................................................................................3.25
 

Quality control inspections (official inspection must follow) ........................................Applicable hourly rate
 

Checktesting of Diverter-Type sampler.................................................................................................47.50
 

Official Laboratory Services Standard Rate 

Wheat-protein test - per sample..............................................................................................................4.70
 

Wheat-protein test/re-inspection - per sample........................................................................................5.80
 

Wheat-protein/cargo - per sample ..........................................................................................................5.25
 

Standard calibration samples....................................................................................... Applicable hourly rate
 

Soybean protein & oil - per sample.........................................................................................................7.70
 

Aflatoxin (Quantitative method) - per sample........................................................................................30.00
 

Vomitoxin (Quantitative method) - per sample......................................................................................30.00
 

Ochratoxin (Quantitative method) – per sample ...................................................................................40.00
 

Zearalenone ..........................................................................................................................................40.00
 

Canola Dip test........................................................................................................................................7.70
 

Official Weighing Services Weighing services Class X.................................................................................. 
 

 Ship - per 1000 bushels ...................................................................4.30
 

 Railcars - per car........................................................................... 11.85
 

 Truck/trailers - per carrier................................................................ 5.65
 

 House run grain (bulk lots) - per 1000 Bu....................................... 1.60
 

 Weigh all other lots.............................................. Applicable hourly rate
 

Weighing services Class Y............................................................................... 

 Railcars - per car...............................................................................8.00 

 Truck/trailers - per carrier.......................................................3.00 

 Locals/bulk lots - per 1000 bushels...........................................1.30 

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Weigh all other lots......................................................................................................Applicable hourly rate
 

Seal record & car condition report ........................................................................................................13.00
 

Scale testing................................................................................................................Applicable hourly rate
 

Official Sampling Services Sampling only - per railcar ....................................................................................................................13.75
 

Sampling only/truck/trailer - per carrier ...................................................................................................7.75
 

Extra railcar or truck/trailer sample with official sample..........................................................................5.25
 

Extra railcar or truck/trailer sample with official sample plus one factor analysis ...................................6.50
 

Furnishing cargo composite sample (less than 6#) ..............................................................................21.50
 

Furnishing cargo composite sample (greater than 6#) .........................................................................29.50
 

Furnishing cargo composite sample after samples have been stored (less than 6#)...........................23.50
 

Furnishing cargo composite sample after samples have been stored (greater than 6#) .....................35.75
 

Sublot sample on cargo lots - per sample...............................................................................................5.50
 

Handling charge for furnishing sample plus expense .............................................................................1.25
 

Standard reference sample.........................................................................................Applicable hourly rate
 

Official Stowage Examinations Stowage examination per requested certificate 

 Vessel .......................................................................................................................................100.00
 

 Vessel examination at anchorage.............................................................................................130.00 

 Re-inspection or subsequent examination..................................................................................89.00
 

Railcar examination.................................................................................................................................4.15
 

Truck/trailer examination.........................................................................................................................2.85
 

 

Official Certificate Services 

Duplicate copies of certificates - per certificate.......................................................................................6.00
 

Export divided lot certificates - per set ....................................................................................................9.50
 

Delivery service trip charge...................................................................................................................21.50
 

Letterhead statement - per statement...................................................................................................14.25
 

Duplicate Stowage Certificate.................................................................................................................6.00
 

Certificate Issued at a Later Date .........................................................................................................11.75
 

Certified and True Copy of Log.............................................................................................................17.75
 

 

•	 Shipping expenses will be assessed at cost. 

•	 All other services requested but not included in this fee schedule will be assessed 

at the applicable hourly rate.
 

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Agricultural Marketing Service

Federal Grain Inspection Service
 

Billing Codes and Rates for Supervision of Official Inspection and Weighing Services

Performed by Delegated States and Designated Agencies in the United States 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ / 

 

•	 FGIS Administrative Tonnage Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, 

FGIS administrative tonnage fees for export grain shipments inspected and/or 

weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, will be 

assessed at the current per metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 

Service Fees and Billing Codes, Attachment 1. Invoices will identify assessed 

administrative tonnage fees as separate line items per applicable carrier/unit 

type. 

 

•	 FGIS Supervision Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, FGIS 

supervision fees for domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, 

including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, will be assessed at the 

current per metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 Service Fees and 

Billing Codes, Attachment 2. Invoices will identify assessed supervision fees as 

separate line items per applicable carrier/unit type. 

1The tonnage fee will be assessed for all weighed ships based on actual weights.
 2The tonnage fee will be assessed only on original inspections or weights.
 3The inspections involving “Warehouseman Inspections” must indicate the type of carrier involved.
 4Standard carrier capacity for trucks / submitted samples – 52,800 lbs. (approx.. 23.95 metric tons (mt)),
 

Container – 54,000 lbs. (approx.. 24.49 mt), Rail – 220,000 lbs. (approx. 99.79 mt), Barge – 3,648,000 

lbs. (approx.. 1,654.70 mt), Pacific Northwest (PN) Barge – 6,707,000 lbs. (approx.. 3,042.24 mt). 

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