The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is structured to provide services and programs that help ensure a fair and competitive marketing system for all involved in the marketing of livestock, meat, and poultry, and grain and related products.

GIPSA's Packers and Stockyards Program has a headquarters office in Washington, D.C.; regional field offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado; and Des Moines, Iowa; and a cadre of resident agents located throughout the country.

The agency's Federal Grain Inspection Service has headquarters units in Washington, DC, and Kansas City, Missouri, and field offices located in export and domestic markets in the United States and eastern Canada. GIPSA also oversees the official inspection and weighing system, a network of Federal, State, and private entities that provide inspection and weighing services to customers nationwide.