Steve Troxler

Commissioner

North Carolina Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services

Division of Marketing

Joe Sanderson

Director

1020 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1020

(919) 707-3100  Fax (919) 733-0999  www.ncdamarkets.org

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Jason W. Jernigan, Program Administrator 

Agriculture Marketing Act (AMA) FEES AND CHARGES

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 2024, this revised fee schedule supersedes all other fee schedules

Issued by this agency. “Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) must approve all fees for official 

Services and OA’s will assess only those fees appearing on their current approved fee. 

ESTABLISED INSPECTION POINTS:

Selma – Alex Brubaker, Supervisor Hours: M-F (except holidays) 7:00 am – 3:00 pm 

 Phone: 919202-5774; Fax 919-202-9215 

Fayetteville – Detric Mcearchern, Supervisor Hours: M-F (except holidays) 7:00 am – 

 3:00 pm, Phone: 910-486-1630; Fax 910-437-2584 

Elizabeth City – Josh Hawkins, Supervisor Hours: M-F (except holidays) 7:00 am – 

 3:00 pm, Phone 252-337-9782; Fax: 252-337-9784 

HOURLY RATE AND REGULAR HOURS: (Including travel time and sampling time):

Twenty-eight dollars and zero cents ($28.00) per hour per individual at the hours specified above per 

location with one-half hour allowed for a meal on each shift. Monday through Friday EXCEPT holidays. 

All other hours will be considered overtime. Fees are calculated to the nearest one-quarter hour. 

OVERTIME HOURLY RATE: Forty-two dollars and zero cents ($42.00) per hour per individual 

assessed in one quarter hour increments. A six-hour minimum charge for all call backs will be assessed.

HOLIDAY: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, 

Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, 

Thanksgiving, Christmas and all other days the Governor declares a 

holiday. Holiday hours will be charged forty-two dollars and zero 

cents ($42.00) per hour.

MILEAGE RATE: Mileage will be charged at the IRS business 

prevailing rate for all miles traveled, calculated to and /or from the 

nearest inspection point. Mileage will be prorated when more than one 

firm is serviced in one trip. 
PER DIEM: Current state rate plus mileage if personnel are required to remain away from established 

inspection point over night.

NCDA&CS Cooperative Grading Service, Processed Commodity Fees and Charges 

PROCESSED COMMODITY: UNIT FEES: INCLUDES SAMPLING AND CERTIFICATION

AGRICULTURE MARKETING ACT (AMA)

 

Stowage examination on Vessels.............................................................................. $96.00

Phytosanitation fee of Bulk Lot.....................................................................................$216.00

Official Weigh Certificate per Lot .............................................................................. $6.44

Official Sample Only

Rail or Container........................................................................................... $14.69

Truck ............................................................................................................. $14.40

Bulk Lots, Barge or Local 1000 bus. or fraction thereof ................................ $3.12

Falling Number Determination ................................................................................. $20.21

Security Seals – Serialized Plastic .............................................................................. $0.50

High Security Seal – Serialized Bolt........................................................................... $2.00

Fax and Extra Copies per certificate ........................................................................... $2.50

Mailing charges will be billed at the applicable rate.

Service requests not covered by the above fees will be performed at the 

applicable hourly rate. Special request testing not performed by the 

NCDA will be sent to the USDA-FGIS for testing and assessed at their 

approved rates.

Charges for Processed Commodity Service under cooperative 

agreement with the Federal Grain Inspection Service will be at the agreed upon rate with USDA for each 

location.

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.