The official grain inspection and weighing system is a unique partnership comprised of Federal, State, and private partners serving customers across the Nation. Our State and private partners are authorized by GIPSA to provide official inspection and weighing services to the domestic and export grain trade on our behalf.

Specifically, GIPSA delegates qualified State agencies to inspect and weigh grain at certain U.S. export port locations; and designates qualified State and private agencies to inspect and weigh grain at interior locations.

GIPSA licenses all State and private agency personnel who perform official inspection and weighing services, and oversees our official partners and the system at large.

Every official service provider operates under uniform, official U.S. grain standards and procedures. That means that while the composition of the official system is diverse, its results are not. Every customer - whether on the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Midwest, or the Pacific Northwest - receives consistent, accurate service.