AMS Proposes Fee Hike on Dairy Grading & Inspection Services
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to increase its fees for voluntary dairy grading and inspection services. Fees would increase by 15 percent for fiscal year 2013, and 5 percent for FY 2014. The proposal would result in an overall…
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cost increase of less than $0.0004 per pound of dairy product graded, said AMS. The agency has been trying to reduce costs, it said, including through systems automation, giving it the ability to employ only two staff members to issue over 20,000 export certificates in FY 2011, for example. But salary increases, inflation, and technology costs have resulted in the need to increase fees, AMS said. Comments are due by Feb. 19.