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YD ACS expands
grain program
A new program which has crosstrained Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ marketing personnel as grain samplers should help reduce costs of grain producers and dealers.
The new statewide grain sampling program, established by VDACS, now allows producers and dealers who require an official grade on grain to receive sampling from five locations instead of two. Harrisonburg, Roanoke and Warrenton now offer the service. Previously, only the Norfolk and Richmond areas provided grading for grain.
VDACS’ trained marketing personnel are now licensed and officially recognized as samplers by the US DA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service.
Because the samplers have other *; primary duties, sufficient notice must be given when requesting a v sample from the new service.
Charges are based on the sam- *■ pier’s time involved and distance travelled and will also include an es- r tablished grading fee plus mailing C; costs to send the sample to the Norfolk laboratory. “■
Charges are generally $12.50 per hour and 21 cents per mile, plus ~' grading fees of $12.95 for a rail car and $7.05 for a truck. If the dealer - /producer travels and submits the - sample, the fee is $5.80. ;
Anyone interested in obtaining t an official sample of grain for grad- ; ing should contact one of the follow- » ing offices: Harrisonburg, 703-487- - 1285; Norfolk, 804-461-7050; Rich- • mond, 804-786-1983; Roanoke, 703676-7344; or Warrenton, 703-466- ! 4388. r
For more information, contact J. P. Welch, VDACS’ Grain Marketing Services Office, at (804) 786-1983.
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