AMA FEE SCHEDULE

Effective Date: January 1, 2024 

Regular Hours: ABERDEEN LAB

Service Hours (Including Inspection and Sampling) - 4:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. 

Monday through Friday

Contact lab by 9:00 A.M. for same day inspection service.

Contact lab by Noon on weekdays for on-site inspection service that starts before the 

end of regular hours the following business day. Provide a minimum of 8 hours notice if 

service request is made during regular hours. 

Contact lab by 10:00 A.M. on Friday for weekend inspection

service and 10:00 A.M. the last business day before a holiday for holiday

inspection service.

Sampling Only Hours – 7:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday

Contact lab by 10:00 A.M. for same day sampling service and by 10:00 A.M. Friday for 

weekend sampling service and 10:00 A.M. the last business day before a holiday for 

holiday sampling service.

MITCHELL LAB

Inspection and sampling hours – 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.

Contact lab for service by 4:00 P.M. Previous Business Day.

Regular hourly rates $26.74 per hour sampler/technician; $38.33 Inspector.

Cancellation Charges: If service is scheduled and the elevator cancels or changes the service 

request, a 4-hour person fee shall be assessed. 

Overtime hourly rates shall be one and one-half times the regular hourly 

rate for sampler/technicians and inspectors, in addition to unit fees, for 

all hourly charges after 8 hours or outside regular hours. A minimum of 

four hours will be charged if not directly preceding or following core 

business hours. Per diem, per person, meals $9.00 per meal for work 

performed during the following times 6:00 A.M./Noon/6:00 P.M. 

and actual cost, per hotel room when necessary.

All hourly rates will be assessed in one-half hour increments.
Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Sunday and Holiday Hourly Rate: $53.48 per hour sampler/technician and $76.66 per inspector 

will be assessed from departure until return to lab in addition to unit fees. Holidays include 

Martin Luther King’s, Presidents, Good Friday, Memorial, Juneteenth Independence, Labor,

Columbus, Veteran’s, and Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after; Christmas Eve P.M. hours and 

Christmas Day; and New Year’s Eve P.M. hours and New Year’s Day; and Holidays observed by 

the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Holidays falling on a Saturday are also observed the Friday 

before the Holiday. Holidays falling on Sunday are also observed on the following Monday. 

Mileage Fees: The IRS standard mileage rate will be accessed for all services performed basis 

portal to portal. Any change to the mileage rate is effective when the IRS changes their 

standard mileage rate. 

Weather Policy: Aberdeen Grain Inspection will adhere to the following inclement weather 

policy, railcar sampling services may be delayed or suspended when one or more of the 

following conditions exist:

High winds, rainfall that creates conditions that are either dangerous to employees and/or 

degrading to the grain being sampled, lightning, snow and/or ice on the railcars, or any other 

weather related and/or facility specific condition that could put employees providing the 

sampling service in jeopardy. Adequate lighting must be provided when onsite sampling is 

requested after sunset. Travel is suspended when Safe Travel USA shows “No Travel Advised” or 

“Closed” or similar road conditions are expected. 

TOTAL

Sampling, phytosanitary inspection (when necessary), per railcar or container or other lots 

including trucks, totes, and bags (Plus hourly)..................................................................... $24.27

(Fee assessed per railcar).

Sampling, Probe or Pelican ........................................................................................................ 3.65

12 Foot Probe............................................................................................................................. 2.00

*Sealing Totes, per seal applied ................................................................................................ 2.00

*Sealing hopper car tops when requested, per car, or $1.50 per seal ..................................... 6.08

*Cable seal charge, per seal used, in addition to seal rate ....................................................... 3.65

Export or Domestic stowage exam, per exam........................................................................... 6.32

Duplicate copies of certificates, per copy..................................................1.27

*The shipper (applicant) is responsible to ensure that all

seals are the correct type, applied correctly, and that seal 

numbers applied match the log and/or certificate prior to 

releasing the railcars, trucks, totes, lot, etc. Video recording seal

numbers and identification, by the shipper prior to releasing the

railcars, trucks, totes, lot, etc. for documentation is recommended. 
Effective Date: January 1, 2024 

In the event the applicant desires the top of the railcar to be sealed by official AGI personnel, 

AGI reserves the right to request that the applicant shuts and latches doors after sampling, 

prior to sealing. 

 TOTAL

Re-certification, per certificate.................................................................................................. 2.43

Falling Number Determination ................................................................................................ 25.30

Aflatoxin testing....................................................................................................................... 36.73

DON testing.............................................................................................................................. 36.73

DON, Zearalenone, Fumonisin, Aflatoxin Dilution (Plus original test charge)........................ 36.73

Zearalenone Test ..................................................................................................................... 36.73

Fumonisin Test......................................................................................................................... 36.73

Training (per hour, per instructor).......................................................................................... 77.86

Checktesting D/T Samplers (plus hourly and mileage)........................................................... 60.83

Checktesting on-site lab equipment (plus hourly and mileage)............................................. 60.83

Shipping, Postage, Fed-ex, or Freight Fees – Actual charge.

Contract services and agreements are available. 

We reserve the right to determine the rotation and number of personnel and location sent 

from for service. 

We reserve the right to determine the rotation and number of personnel and location sent 

from for service. Requests for service after cutoff time (listed on page one) may (1) have to wait 

for regular hours, (2) be subject to sampling only (for on-site service), or (3) be assessed a 4-

hour charge at Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. management discretion (depending

on availability of personnel). 

Official commercial inspections are available and will be negotiated on a 

case-by-case basis. 

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. 
Effective Date: January 1, 2024 

AMA Rice Cooperative Service Agreement Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, AMA 

rice cooperative service agreements 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. 

Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. charges are subject to all applicable federal, state, and local 

service (sales) taxes. Interest on unpaid balances up to 1% per month.