Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. 

5435 Waconia Avenue S.W. 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 54204 

Telephone: (319)363-0239 Fax: (319)363-0036 Email: midiowa.cr@miginspection.com 

Website: www.miginspection.com 

This fee schedule supersedes all previously issued fee schedules 

Effective Date: November 26, 2023 

This schedule of fees is for services provided under the Agricultural Marketing Act 

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 – All Locations 

0700 Hours to 1500 Hours Monday through Friday, except Holidays 

Overtime Hours – All Locations 

Saturday and all other weekly hours, other than regular hours, shall be considered overtime. For services 

performed outside of regular hours overtime rates shall be applicable. 

Double Time Definition – All Locations 

Sundays and all listed Holidays 

Minimum Fee 

A four (4) hour minimum charge at the applicable hourly rate will be assessed for services requested and for 

services that are cancelled after personnel are in route. 

Standby/On-Call Rates 

Standby/on-call charges will occur when an applicant requests personnel to be available but not on-site. The 

elevator must establish a start/notification time for agency personnel to be available for work. If work is not 

performed at this time and personnel are requested to be on standby/on-call, hourly rates will be assessed until 

loading commences. 

Cancellation Rates 

If a start time is requested and withdrawn prior to the requested start time, a four (4) hour per person cancellation 

fee will be assessed at the applicable hourly rate if the service request is cancelled after 3p.m. local time of the 

loading status or delays. 

On-Site Inspection Services 

Applicable hourly rate per person plus unit fee if personnel are 

available. Elevator will be charged at the hourly rate and one (1) 

railcar/container per quarter (1/4) hour of standby time. Mid Iowa 

reserves the right to determine the number and type of inspection 

personnel to properly service the customer. 

preceding regular workday. The elevator must contact agency personnel prior to the requested start time to report 

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Requests for Service 

Requests for service must be made by 3:00pm local time on the preceding business day to allow for adequate 

staffing for service requests. Requests received after 3:00pm will incur a four (4) hour charge. 

Holidays 

New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, 

Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Veterans Day. If a holiday 

falls on a Saturday Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection will observe the holiday on the preceding Friday. If the holiday 

falls on a Sunday Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection will observe it on the following Monday. 

Hourly Rates Weigher/Technician/Sampler 

Regular Time $26.59 

Over Time $39.89 

Double Time Hours $53.18 

All hourly rates will be assessed portal to portal 

and prorated whenever possible. 

Personnel Safety 

It is the customer’s responsibility to make the grain or stowage area accessible. On barges and railcars, it is the 

customers responsibility to ensure the door/lids are safely accessible and in proper working order. MIG will not 

open or close doors/lids if their safety is in jeopardy, and there must be a minimum of two people, in visual line 

of sight of each other, at all times. This can be two MIG employees or one MIG employee and one customer 

employee. This is to “render aid if needed”, which could be to call for assistance. If Fall Protection is available 

on site, railcars must be located under said Fall Protection prior to MIG staff providing any service in which 

climbing on top of a railcar would be required. 

Weather Policy 

Mid Iowa Grain inspection will adhere to the following inclement weather policy: Sampling and stowage 

examination requests may be delayed or dismissed when any of the following conditions exist; High winds or 

rainfall that creates conditions that are either dangerous to employees and/or degrading to the grain being 

sampled, lightening, snow and/or ice and any other weather related and/or facility specific condition that could 

put employees providing services in jeopardy. Adequate lighting must be provided when onsite services are 

requested after sunset. 

Mileage Rate: The IRS standard rate will be assessed for all services on a 

portal to portal basis. Any change to the mileage rate will become 

effective when the IRS standard rate changes. Mileage will be prorated 

when possible. 

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All other fees will be assessed at the applicable hourly rate. 

Unit Fees 

*In addition to hourly charges 

Container, Phyto-Sanitary Service Only ....................................................................................................... $22.97 

Mycotoxin testing (Aflatoxin, Vomitoxin) ................................................................................................... 40.29 

Bulk Weighing per unit, Certificate issued ................................................................................................... 08.46 

Falling Number Determination ..................................................................................................................... 30.82 

High Volume Container Contract 

All containers represent a monthly basis 

1. The first 750 containers of bulk commodity will be billed at $33.57 per container and guarantees a 

minimum of 750 containers per month. 

2. Containers from #751-1500 will be billed at a rate of $31.90 per container. 

3. Containers from #1501 and above will be billed at a rate of $30.22 per container. 

There will be no charge for man-hours or weighing under this high-volume container contract. 

Additional items will be charged at the AMA fee schedule rate and will include but are not limited to: 

• Mycotoxins 

• Stowage examinations with certificate 

*Customers who elect to use the high-volume container contract must commit to it for at least (3) 

consecutive months. 

* Items not listed will be charged at the hourly rate. 

* When a customer requests results immediately upon return to a MIG office 

after regular business hours stand by time will be assessed at the applicable 

inspector hourly rate per inspector on call until the samples arrive to a 

MIG office. This will be in addition to the normal inspection fees listed 

above. Mid-Iowa Grain reserves the right to decide the number of 

inspectors required. 

* Service charges for unpaid balances in the amount of 1.5% per month will 

be assessed. This fee would be effective on all balances not paid or postmarked 

by the last day of the month following the invoice date. 

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