§ 2-25-101. Title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Grain Grading Act”.

§ 2-25-102. Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) “Grain” means corn, soybeans, and wheat; (2) “Grain dealer” means a person or entity that receives grain from a grain producer and sells or distributes grain commercially; (3) “Official grading agency” means an agency or laboratory authorized by the United States Agricultural Marketing Service to provide official inspection and […]

§ 2-25-103. Administration

(a) The Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules governing the standards for sampling and grading grain that are consistent with the standards for sampling and grading grain developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. (b) The Department of Agriculture shall certify: (1) Grain dealers that employ grain samplers and graders; and (2) Courses of […]

§ 2-25-104. Disputes

(a) If a dispute arises regarding the grading of a sample that is subject to excessive deductions, the grain dealer or the producer, or both, may request that the sample be regraded by an official grading agency for an official grade that shall be deemed the official grade of the disputed sample. (b) If a […]

§ 2-25-105. Enforcement

(a) An employee of the Department of Agriculture may inspect randomly selected grain dealers to ensure the grain dealer is certified by the department for sampling and grading grain. (b) An employee of the grain dealer that is responsible for sampling and grading grain is required to demonstrate through skill an adequate knowledge of sampling […]

§ 2-25-106. Penalties

(a) If the Department of Agriculture conducts an inspection of a grain dealer as permitted under § 2-25-105(a) and determines that a grain dealer who issues grades is not taking samples of graded grain in a manner consistent with the standards adopted by the department, the department may place the grain dealer on probation. (b) […]