Rick Pate

Commissioner

STATE OF ALABAMA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES

1445 Federal Drive 

Montgomery, Alabama 36107-1123 

Grain Inspection Office 

Alabama State Docks 

1901 ASD Boulevard Bldg. 50 Suite 105 Mobile, Alabama 36602 

Phone: 251-438-2549 

 Email: mobileinspection@agi.alabama.gov 

FRANK A. GUESNARD, Chief Inspector

Grain Inspection and Weighing 

P.O. Box 244, Mobile, AL 36601 Phone: 

(251) 438-2549 

JEFF JEFFERS, Director

Shipping Pt. Inspection Division

P.O. Box 1368, Dothan, AL 36302 Phone: 

(334) 792-5185 

Effective October 1, 2023 

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.

ESTABLISHED INSPECTION POINTS: Mobile 

REGULAR HOURS: 

$42.00 per hour per person 

7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays and when a shift is scheduled in advance (excluding 

Saturday and Sunday) by an applicant for truck, railcar, and barge inspection and weighing. Regular hours 7:00 AM.

to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday subject to meeting elevator requirement, not to exceed 8 hours per day. The

$42.00 hourly rate per p ers o n will apply in addition to all unit fees (unless noted) and any services not identified 

by a unit fee.

OVERTIME: $52.50 Per Individual Hour

A four-hour minimum per individual when called out on overtime EXCEPT; One hour before 

or continuation of a regular workday. 

HOLIDAY: Holidays include New Years' Day, Veterans' Day, July 4th,Labor 

Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, National Memorial Day,

Mardi Gras, Confederate Memorial Day, Martin Luther King’s 

birthday, Columbus Day, Jefferson Davis’s birthday, and George 

Washington’s birthday, and those granted by the Governor of Alabama.

Cancellation of Shift Work - $42.00 per each man hour if not cancelled during 

workday prior to schedule.

Charges are assessed in half-hour increments in addition to carrier and sample fee.
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Schedule of Grain Inspection

and Weighing Fees

State of Alabama 

TRAVEL TIME CHARGE: $42.00 Per Individual Hour

MILEAGE CHARGE: "The IRS standard mileage rate will be assessed per actual miles 

traveled plus travel time. Any change to the mileage rate is effective when the IRS changes their standard mileage rate.

Mileage and travel time will be prorated when it is possible."

OFFICIAL SERVICES: Official Services not covered in this schedule will be charged at the appropriate hourly rate. 

OFFICIAL INSPECTION SERVICES: 

 

OFFICIAL SAMPLE LOT (Includes Sampling) Fee Supervision Fee

Rail cars, per hopper or box -(Probe) $22.00 + 

Railcars -(D/T)- Individual cars -per car ................................................................. $20.00 + 

Rail cars -(D/T) -Batched per 1,000 bushels .......................................................................$6.00 + 

Trucks ......................................................................................................................................... $18.00 + 

Waterborne Carrier and Bin Lot: per 1,000 Bushels or fraction (hourly rate not applicable) .... $6.30 

Sacked Grain: per 1,000 bushels or fractions thereof ................................................................ $9.00 + 

Reinspection - New Sample ............................................................................ Same as original fee

FactorOnlyOfficialSample .................................................................. Same as carrier unit fee + 

INSPECTION

Reinspection, based on official file ........................................................................................... $13.00 

Submitted Sample ...................................................................................................................... $13.00 + 

Factor Only, Submitted Sample - ONE FACTOR ................................................................. $7.00 + 

Factor Only, Submitted Sample - More Than One Factor...............................Same as sample fee

OFFICIAL SAMPLING ONLY – USGSA 

Railcars (Hopper or Boxcar) ................................................................. $20.00 + 

Truck or Trailer ...................................................................................... $10.00 + 

Barge: per 1,000 bushels or fractions thereof ......................................... $4.50 + 

Additional samples taken w/ samples taken for 

Official Grade ......................................................................................... $18.00 

Furnish Official composite sample (per sample) .................................. $18.00 

STOWAGE EXAMINATIONS 

Per Tank, Car, Truck or Container ........................................................ $25.00 

SHIP: Per Hold Compartment ($300.00 Minimum per ship) .............. $60.00 

Reinspection - ($180.00 Minimum per ship) .................. Same as original fee

BARGE: Per Barge ................................................................................. $36.00 
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Schedule of Grain Inspection

and Weighing Fees

State of Alabama 

OFFICIAL INSPECTION SERVICES-Continued

CHECK TESTING Fee Supervision Fee

Diverter Sampler: per individual hourly rate .............................................................................. $42.00 

DUPLICATE COPIES OF CERTIFICATES/PER COPY ................................................. 1⁄2 hr.

OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL RATES UPON REQUEST

OFFICIAL MYCOTOXIN TESTING UNDER USGSA

Aflatoxin – per test (includes 1⁄2 hour sampling/labor) ............................................................... $38.00 + 

Vomitoxin – per sample (includes 1⁄2 hour sampling/labor) ........................................................ $38.00 + 

NOTE: Aflatoxin Lab Hours are from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. Work performed at any other

time will be charged at the overtime rate of $52.50 per hour per individual. 

OFFICIAL WEIGHING SERVICE: 

CLASS X CLASS Y

Railcars -individual......................................................................................... $8.50 $5.00 (hourly rate not applicable)

Batched per 1,000 bushels .................................................................................... $2.50 $2.50 (hourly rate not applicable)

Truck or Trailer: each........................................................................................... $6.00 $2.50 

Waterborne Carrier and Bin Run: per 1,000 bushels or fractions thereof ......... $3.50 $3.00 (hourly rate not applicable)

Sacked Grain: per 1,000 bushels or fraction thereof ............................................ $6.50 

SEASONAL INSPECTION POINTS (hourly rate not applicable) 

Submitted Samples: per week ........................................................................... $1,200.00

Official Samples: per week ................................................................................. $1,500.00

These fees are on a guaranteed basis - Inspection fee or weekly rate, whichever is greater. Applicant supplies equipment 

and facility.

STANDBY TIME

A four-hour minimum per person will apply for any work after 11:00 p.m. any day of 

the week. A minimum of 4 hours at regular or overtime rate when applicable will be 

applied when personnel are cancelled from an established shift.