Grain Accounting is one of the most difficult record keeping programs to learn and understand. Different than most accounting due to the enormously different and complex farmer marketing programs that create huge differences to the inventory record keeping for the same product. The grain accounting schools teach the accountants and the grain merchandiser’s to work together and understand the principles that control grain accounting.

This school is organized to help employees at elevators and grain facilities across the state learn and understand how corn and soybeans are graded. An approved federal grain inspector instructs the schools. It is important that elevators grade grain the same as the inspection service to maximize the amount to be able to buy the grain for, and minimize the loss the elevators could incur from grading grain different from what the national standard is. Employees actually get hands-on training by picking through various sample and grades of corn and soybeans. The participants also spend time learn the causes of damage, where to look for different diseases in the varieties of grain grown in Illinois. They also get to learn the different smells of grain and how it affects the quality and rank of the grain.

Exclusive to the members of the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois that subscribe to the Safety•Health•Environmental Services Program, these meetings are designed to improve your companies safety awareness and develop a safety program at your facilities to satisfy and exceed OHSA, IEPA EPA and other regulatory agencies rules and regulations. Below are some of the meeting topics that are available for the SHES Director to cover at your facility. Custom topics for meetings specific to a grain facility are available when enrolled in the program.
o Bin entry/ Grain Suffocation ---OSHA rules and general safety considerations
o Confined Space Entry vs. Bin Entry
o Sweep Auger Safety
o Lock out/ Tag out procedures
o Back Safety
o Cutting and Welding safety
o Dust Explosion causes and prevention / Hot work / Housekeeping etc.
o Grain Dust explosion case studies