GIPSA makes available to the public a variety of educational materials and services that are created for and used by the United States Official Inspection System.
GIPSA frequently hosts international marketing groups and foreign trade teams and provides targeted educational materials and services to meet the specific requirements of our international customers. GIPSA also works with domestic grain firms and trade organizations to provide technical training targeted to the domestic grain trades needs.
GIPSA has developed eLearning content for training entry level inspectors and grain industry professionals. We also provide tools to aid experienced
personnel in fine tuning their inspection skills.
FGIS Grain Inspection Orientation
These videos provide an in-depth overview of the Federal Grain Inspection Service, the U.S. Grain Standards and the U.S. grain marketing and inspection system. Whether you need to develop new knowledge or just want an update to stay aware of the current shape of the grain industry, this course will explain in detail how the U.S. grain-inspection and marketing system works.
These Windows PC applications are an electronic form of training "Flash Cards" which will aid new inspectors in learning the terms, procedures, and requirements of grading presented in the Grain Grading Tutorials and the Grain Inpsection Handbook (Book II Grain Grading Procedures).
You must download the application to your PC to run it. Applications are available for the following grains:
Barley
Canola
Corn
Flaxseed
Oats
Rye
Sorghum
Soybean
Sunflower Seeds
Wheat
Inspector Calibration Trainers
Inspector Calibration Trainers are used by inspectors to fine tune their implementation of the VRI and other skills such as grain classification. These online tools, used in combination with hands-on-training, will help inspectors.
Please NOTE: The information contained in this section (Farm Gate and Export Quality Reports) has been moved to the Reports web page of the GIPSA web site.
PDF Brochures
GIPSA offers a variety of educational brochures in PDF format on our Federal Grain Inspection Services
Reports and Publications page . All materials are "public domain" and may be freely duplicated and distributed in their original form.