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Cairo Grain Inspection Agency, Inc. 

678 Phillips Drive, Box 127 

Wickliffe, KY 42087 

Phone: 270-335-5000 Fax: 270-335-5002 

Email: cairograin@gmail.com 

GRAIN INSPECTION FEES AND CHARGES 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024 “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.” 

REGULAR HOURS: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays. All other weekly hours, 

Saturday, Sunday, and holidays will be considered overtime. 

Service requests not covered by listed fees will be assessed at $ 21.60 per hour during regular working hours or 

the overtime rate stated herein as actual hours worked are in half-hour increments. 

STANDBY HOURLY RATE: $ 21.60 per hour assessed for all applicant caused delays. Charged actual time in 

half-hour increments. 

OVERTIME HOURLY RATE: $ 32.40 per hour individual assessed in half-hour increments in addition to unit fees. 

Minimum call-out of 4 hours per man. 

HOLIDAYS and SUNDAYS: $ 43.20 per hour. (New Year’s Eve (At 11:00 AM) and Day, Presidents Day, Good 

Friday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve (At 11:00 AM) and Christmas Day 

and all Federal Observed Holidays.) Holidays which fall on Saturday will be celebrated on the preceding Friday, 

those which fall on Sunday will be celebrated on the following Monday. Minimum call-out of 4 hours per man. 

MILEAGE/USER FEE RATES: The IRS standard mileage rate will be assessed all miles traveled outside Cairo 

city limits. (Prorated when possible) Any change to the mileage rate is effective when the IRS changes their 

standard mileage rate. 

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. 

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 

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OFFICIAL SERVICE: Includes sampling and grading EXCEPT as indicated. 

Barge Sampling Fees Fee 

1. Barge, per 1,000 Bu ....................................................................................................$ 3.80 

2. Barge minimum sampling and/or grading fee, per barge ................................. 125.00 

Sampling Time Rate 

3. Sampling regular hourly rate (DT)..............................................................................$ 19.80 

4. Sampling overtime hourly rate (DT) ..............................................................................29.70 

(M – F 3:00pm to 7:00am & all-day Sat/Sun) 

(A 4 hr. Minimum show-up time will be incurred for DT sampling.) 

Rail Car and Truck Sampling Fees Fee 

5. Rail cars, per car, probe sample ................................................................................$ 16.10 

6. Rail cars, per car, plus sampling time for other sampling method .................................16.10 

7. Truck/trailer, Containers, per carrier..............................................................................10.51 

Submitted Samples 

8. Submitted sample, for grade, per sample ..................................................................$ 8.06 

9. Submitted sample, factor only, per factor (Max.: 2)....................................................... 3.50 

10. Submitted sample, damage only for Sorghum .............................................................. 4.80 

11. Actual garlic count, per request .................................................................................... 5.20 

Reinspection’s and Other Fees 

12. Reinspection, file sample, per sample .......................................................................$ 7.75 

13. Reinspection, new sample..........................................Same as carrier or sample fee 

14. Extra copies of certificates, per copy ............................................................................1.00 

15. Check test Mechanical Sampler, per request..............................................................75.00 

16. Stowage examination fee when certificate is requested..............................................30.00 

(No fee on samples done by Mechanical/Diverter) 

17. IDK count......................................................................................................................6.00 

18. Special shipping & handling of samples 

Via UPS, FEDEX, etc. – in addition to carrier fees ..........................................10.00 

19. Grain grading instruction, per hour, per instructor.......................................................45.00 

20. Phytosanitary certification ...........................................................................................10.00 

21. Soybeans of other colors............................................................................... 4.00 

Aflatoxin Testing 

22. Aflatoxin test (Quantitative) Official or Submit..........................................................$ 

31.75 

Vomitoxin Testing 

23. Vomitoxin test (Quantitative) Official or Submit........................................................$ 

31.75 

Corn Stress Crack Analysis & Waxy Corn Determination 

24. Analysis for stress cracks in corn and Waxy determination, per sample....................$ 9.25 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Official Weights 

FGIS supervision fees included on following 

24. Class X & Y weights, per barge, per 1,000 bu. plus applicable hourly rates .............$ 0.80 

25. Class X & Y weights, per rail car, plus applicable hourly rates..................................$ 3.70 

26. Class X & Y weights, per truck, plus applicable hourly rates........................................2.00 

27. Hourly rate for Weights (per hour) .............................................................................19.80 

28. Overtime hourly rate for Weights (per hour)...............................................................29.70 

(M – F 3:00pm to 7:00am & all-day Sat/Sun) 

(A 4 hr. Minimum show-up time will be incurred for weighing.) 

Cancellation of Service 

29. Applicable hourly rate on sampling time + travel time + mileage rate if incurred. 
 

Unofficial Services: 

Weight Supervision per carrier included in certification process / supervision...................$ 3.70