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HASTINGS GRAIN INSPECTION, INC.

3800 UTECHT AVE. * HASTINGS, NE 68901

Email-hginsp@hastingsgrain.com

PHONE- (402) 462-4254 or (402) 462-6891*Fax: (402) 462-4100

AMA FEE SCHEDULE

Services Performed under Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

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

Regular Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday EXCEPT holidays. 

Regular, Standby, Travel, Overtime, Sunday, & Holiday Hourly Rates: Assessed in half-hour increments per 

individual necessary to perform the service and a minimum of 2 hours per person will be assessed.

 Inspectors/Sampler

Regular.............................................................................$33.00 

Saturday & other than regular weekly hours.................................$49.50 

Sunday & Holidays...............................................................$66.00 

Standby/Travel, above applicable rate applies. Overtime & Holiday rates applied in addition to unit fees. 

New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, 1⁄2 day to 

be observed after noon the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve after noon, Christmas Day, and New 

Year’s Eve after noon. Holidays which fall on Saturday will be observed on preceding Friday; those which 

fall on Sunday will be observed on following Monday. 

Minimum of 4 hours per person assessed for outside of regular hours if not directly preceding or following 

regular business hours. 

Hastings Grain Inspection reserves the right to determine the number of inspection personnel to properly 

service the customer. 

Mileage Rate: IRS standard rate will be assessed for actual miles traveled. Any change to the mileage rate 

is effective when the IRS changes their standard mileage rate. 

Inspection Services 

Sampling, mileage, postage, and delivery charges are in addition to unit fees listed. Sampler, travel, and or 

standby time will be assessed at applicable hourly rates and mileage will be assessed for all services. Travel 

time will be assessed portal to portal. All requests for service should be ordered by 2:00pm the preceding 

Friday for the weekend. 

Per Diem per person-Room: Actual Cost; When Room is required, Meals: 

$30.00/person/meal 
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Graded Commodities (Beans, Peas, Lentils, Pulses)

Thresher run “Grades” $24.00 

(Peas) Total Dockage, Total Dockage, Defects & Foreign Material, Moisture, Damage, Foreign Material, 

Splits, Total Defects & Foreign Material, Weevil Damage, Cracked Seed coats, Color, Bleached, and Other 

Classes.

(Edible Grades) Grading Factors for Class, and Dockage 

Grade (per lot or sample) $21.12 

Factor Analysis (per factor) $ 7.20 

Non-graded, Non-processed Commodities (Popcorn, Confectionary Sunflower) 

Factor Analysis (per Factor) $ 7.20 

Other Services Performed under the AMA

Mycotoxin Testing- Water Based $31.68 

Mycotoxin Testing- Methanol Based $33.60 

Witness Fumigation, per carrier $1.44 

Stowage Examination certificate $14.88 

Condition of Food Container $14.88 

Phyto only Request $14.40 

Duplicate copies of certificates $ 2.00 

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.