Effective October 1st, USDA-AMS will operate with a new fee scale.  The charge for egg grading and certification will increase to $65 per hour with the unschedule rate at $99 per hour.  Audit-based verification will rise to $155 per hour.

Agricultural Marketing Services will continue to increase fees according to a schedule introduced in 2018 eventually rising to a level that will sustain staffing for all programs offered.