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.

• Complete Visual Reference Library
• Principal Grain VRI
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish
• Commodity Image Gallery
• Visual References Catalog (PDF; 368KB)

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.

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.

• Streaming Video (http://www.screencast.com)
• Subscribe in iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com)
• RSS Feed (http://www.screencast.com)

These courses review the official USDA procedures for inspecting grains standardized under the United State Grain Standards Act for grade.

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• Subscribe in iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com)
• RSS Feed (http://www.screencast.com)

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 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.

• Barley Damage
• Barley Injured-By-Sprout Trainer
• Canola Damage
• Corn Damage
• Flaxseed Damage
• Oat Damage
• PNW Red Wheat Classification
• PNW White Wheat Classification
• Upper Midwest Red Wheat Classification
• Rye Damage
• Sorghum Damage
• Soybean Damage
• Soybean Purple Mottled and Stained
• Sunflower Seed Damage
• Wheat Damage

This includes a variety of eLearning and informational content created for our educational and outreach programs.

• Streaming Video (http://www.screencast.com)
• Subscribe in iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com)
• RSS Feed (http://www.screencast.com)

• Streaming Video (http://www.screencast.com)
• Subscribe in iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com)
• RSS Feed (http://www.screencast.com)

• Export Elevator Overview
• Operation of a Bulk-Weighing Scale
• Testing  a Bulk-Weighing Scale
• Electronic Monitoring and Control Systems
• Diverter-Type Samplers
• Virtual Reality Models

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.

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.

• Program Directives and Notices
• Handbooks
• International Programs
• Technical Training
• Sampling Theory
• GIPSA Merchandise