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Effective Date: January 1, 2024

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NDGI | Ohio & Indiana Divisions

613 South Washington Street E-mail: NDGI@graininspection.com

Circleville, Ohio 43113 Phone: (888) 293-7420E-mail: 

NDGI@graininspection.com

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT (AMA) FEE SCHEDULE

This fee schedule supersedes all other fee schedules issued by this office. 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. FGIS user fees included when applicable. This fee schedule is not valid unless signed seal appears on each 

page. 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Regular Hours: Circleville, OH, Daleville, IN and Bucyrus, OH: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through 

Friday except holidays. (Eastern Time)

Hourly Rates: Technician and/or Sampler: $28.75 per hour.

Additional Labor: $34.00 per hour. 

Used for additional labor charges that are not included in other hourly rates. This may include, 

but not limited to, extra data entry work, additional labor beyond sampling on-site, etc.

Checktesting/Approval of Equipment/Samplers $57.50 per hour

Rates assessed in 1/2-hour increments.

Overtime Hourly rate: 1 1/2-time regular hourly rate applied to all hours outside the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and Saturday. Sunday and Holidays will be charged 

at double time.

Holidays Include: New Year’s Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, 

Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve after noon, Christmas Day, and New Year’s 

Eve after noon. Holidays that fall on Saturday will be observed on preceding Friday; 

those that fall on Sunday will be observed on following Monday.

Finance Charge: 1 1/2% per month after 30 days from Statement Date. Direct pass-through of credit 

card charge from credit card processor, if credit card is used. 

Standby Rates: Will be charged an applicable hourly rate for delays not caused by the Agency and will 

apply in one-hour increments.

Minimum Hourly Call-out Rates: Minimum 2 hours per person at applicable hourly rate will apply Monday through 

Sunday. This includes office work outside of normal business hours.

Mileage Fees: Mileage will be assessed at the rate of less than or equal to the IRS standard mileage 

rate and will be prorated when possible. Mileage will be 

charged on all trips

Travel Time: Will be charged at the applicable hourly rate 

and prorated when possible.

Per Diem: Per person - Room: Actual Cost; When Room 

is 

required, Meals:$20.00/person/meal

Hourly and mileage fees will be in addition to the unit fees and fees performed onsite at applicant’s location unless stated otherwise.

NDGI reserves the right to determine the number of personnel required to properly

provide the service requested.
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OFFICIAL SERVICES

All official services included the applicable certificates per FGIS guidelines and instructions. 

Processed Commodity Inspection Services

Processed Commodity Carrier Fee $18.25

(Includes Insect Factors and 921-2)

Processed Commodity Weights $4.50

Stowage Exam Certification $6.00

Additional Test Services

Aflatoxin: $35.00 per test

Vomitoxin: $35.00 per test

Vomitoxin Dilution: $30.00 per test

Other Mycotoxin Tests, not listed above: $40.00 per test

Falling Number: $29.00 per test

Stowage Exam Only – Barge $42.50

Stowage Exam Only – All other carriers $11.50

Sampling Only – Barge $145.00

Sampling Only – All other carriers $13.00

Witness fumigation $6.00

12 Foot or Double Probe $6.00

(In addition to original sampling charges)

Duplicate/Corrected certificate: $2.50

Composite Sample Prep: $1.60 per sample in composite

Composite Sample Prep: $3.00

(per samples in composite if requested after grade)

Special Handling: $7.00

Shipping Samples per Applicant Request. Special Handling in addition to actual freight charges.

Popcorn Submits: $10.00

Sealing

Plastic Seals (per seal) $2.45

Cable Seals (per seal plus Additional Labor hourly charge) $3.20

 See: BNSF Rules Book 6100-A / Item 2250D

- A picture of every Railcar ID and each seal is taken and stored at NDGI for 30 days.

- An extra person will be sent out solely to take pictures and charged at the Additional Labor Rate. 

Certification $2.50

- applicants request seal numbers recorded on certificate, per certificate

NDGI is not responsible for the seals after the carrier leaves the applicant’s property. It is the applicant’s responsibility

to confirm all seals have been applied by NDGI to their satisfaction.

Pulse & Edible Beans Commodity Inspection Services

NDGI Ohio Offices do not currently grade pulses and edible beans. NDGI Fargo, ND does perform grading for these 

services. Fees are located at www.GrainInspection.com/Fees under North Dakota. Any service listed below would also 

include shipment fees to the NDGI Fargo, ND office.

Miscellaneous

Services not listed by this fee schedule will be charged at the appropriate hourly rate.

All services during regular hours must be cancelled a minimum of 3 hours prior to 

scheduled start otherwise the applicable minimum charge will apply. ANY 

cancellations for services during non-regular hours will have the applicable 

minimum charge applied.

*** Document search or data entry taking over 15 minutes will be charges 

an additional hourly rate in 1/2-hour increments.

Customer is responsible for any on-site requirements needed to provide services.