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Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Grading and Inspection Services Price List

SCHEDULE OF AMA INSPECTION FEES UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946

Administrative Office: Superior Office:

Jeremy McPherson Robert Moore

2811 Agriculture Drive Superior Grain Inspection Services

Madison, WI 53708 404 Tower Ave,

[608] 224-4922 Superior, Wisconsin 54880

Fax [608] 224-4937 [715] 392-7854

Fax [715] 392-7847

Effective Date: USDA-Federal Grain Inspection Service must approve all fees for official services and 

Wisconsin will assess only those fees appearing on their current approved fee schedule. Federal Grain 

Inspection Fees (see FGIS Directive 9180.74) will be assessed in addition to all other charges when 

applicable. Effective date: January 1, 2024. 

Hours and Hourly Rate: 

 

Regular Hours 7:00 am to 3:30 pm,

Monday through Friday 

(Except holidays)

• Regular hours may be extended to 4:30 pm with prior authorization. 

• Hourly rates are assessed in quarter-hour increments. 

• Contract rates apply only if there is a contract between DATCP and the applicant in effect at the time 

the service is provided.

Contracts between DATCP and the Applicant: Contracts are negotiated between DATCP and the 

applicant. Contract customers will be billed for a minimum of 40 hours per week for each scheduled 

representative. If DATCP determines that additional representatives are required to meet the applicant’s 

service request, the applicant will be charged per additional employee hour at the noncontract rate. 

Contracts are for an initial one year period and then automatically renew unless either party provides 90 day 

notice of cancellation.

Service Request Lead Time, Standby Hours, and Cancelations: For service requests from non-contract 

applicants and any service request from contract applicants that requires additional representatives:

• Request for service must be made by 2:30 p.m. on the previous business day.

• If the request for service is outside of regular hours, the applicant will be charged a minimum of four 

hours at the applicable rate for each employee scheduled. To avoid this charge, any changes or 

cancelations must be made by 2:30 p.m. on the previous business day.

• If the request for service is made or cancelled after 2:30 p.m. on the previous 

business day, there is a two hour minimum charge per scheduled 

representative. 

Holidays: Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, 

Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 

and Memorial Day. All Federal, State and Local Legal Holidays observed and 

those designated by the grain industry.
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Services Provided Under the AMA

Falling Numbers (in addition to applicable hourly rate) $12.00

Weighing grain byproducts – both the Unit fee and the applicable hourly rate will be assessed.

Unit fee - per metric ton $0.12

Hourly rates

Contract: 

Service during normal business hours with contract representative $35.50

Service outside of regular business hours $60.00

Services requiring more representatives than the contract amount $60.00

 

Non-contract: $60.00

 

All current fees apply to other commodities not under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. 

 

Commodity Cooperative Service Agreement Fees. 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.