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Weighing Handbook

Cover Page (PDF; 213KB)

Foreword (PDF; 11KB)

Table of Contents (PDF; 7KB)

Chapter 1 - Procedures for Official Weighing Services (PDF; 1196KB)

Chapter 2 - Documentation of Official Weighing Services (PDF; 1736KB)

Chapter 3 - Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Testing and Certifying Official Grain Weighing Devices (PDF; 1224KB)

Chapter 4 - Checkweighing (PDF; 157KB)

Spill Estimation Charts (PDF; 139KB)

Handbook Revision Information

09/30/2003 - Chapter 4 updated and reissued - IC #22 (PDF; 112KB)

04/30/2004 - Chapter 3 updated and reissued - IC #23 (PDF; 211KB)

11/01/2004 - Chapter 4, page 4-10, updated - IC #24 (PDF; 200KB)

03/28/2005 - Chapter 2, pages 2-29 to 2-32, updated - IC #25 (PDF; 331KB)

07/12/2010 - Chapter 1 updated and reissued - IC #26 (PDF; 62KB)

07/16/2010 - Chapter 2 updated and reissued - IC #27 (PDF; 14KB)

12/27/2010 - Chapter 3 updated and reissued -IC#28 (PDF; 28KB)

08/22/2011 - Chapter 4 updated and reissued - IC #29 (PDF; 15KB)

Last Modified: 08/29/2011